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“What they’re arguing about is strategy, tactics for holding onto voters who are not on their side.”

Hodges and Rupert Jones, a retired major-general who served as the Assistant Chief of Britain’s General Staff, pointed to what they said were the Russian army’s poor initial planning, strategy, tactics, logistics, equipment, as well as a botched mobilisation drive and corruption problems.

The report documents that “enemy-initiated attacks” rose from about 2,300 in 2005 to almost 23,000 in 2009, and never again dropped below 21,000, despite various changes in U.S. strategy, tactics and troop levels.

In the decade that followed, partisans within both groups would duel over strategy, tactics and even basic beliefs, but rarely, if ever, looked to Zawahiri for guidance or resolution of their disputes.

“You might feel like you’re in Congress or the White House getting a private briefing featuring history, strategy, tactics, and recommendations for action,” the organization suggested.