Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 56 troop surge 55 counterinsurgency strategy 55 Gen Petraeus 54 Gen McChrystal 54 Petraeus 54 Stanley McChrystal 52 McChrystal 52 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 52 counter insurgency 51 General Stanley McChrystal 51 troop escalation 51 Gen. Petraeus 50 counterinsurgency 49 troop buildup 49 Gen. McChrystal 48 Zalmay Khalilzad 47 David Petraeus 47 AfPak 46 Iraq 46 Tommy Franks 46 Abizaid 46 troop drawdown 46 Af Pak 46 Rumsfeld 45 President Hamid Karzai 45 COIN 45 CENTCOM 45 Hamid Karzai 45 Khalilzad 44 unwinnable war 44 Karzai 44 Afghanistan 44 phased withdrawal 44 Karl Eikenberry 44 troop withdrawal 44 General Kayani 44 militant sanctuaries 44 Cordesman 44 insurgency 44 US backed 44 toppling Saddam Hussein 43 Counterinsurgency 43 Taliban insurgency 43 precipitous withdrawal 43 Taliban 43 Fallouja 43 Admiral Mullen 42 oust Saddam Hussein 42 insurgents 42 Odierno 42 Pentagon 42 Afghan 42 Blackwill 42 Allawi 42 ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad 42 resurgent Taliban 42 Nato 42 unilateralism 42 troop pullout 41 neoconservatives 41 Jaafari 41 Sadr militia 41 Douglas Lute 41 unilateralist 41 troop levels 41 Brahimi 41 NATO 40 Gen. Eric Shinseki 40 neo cons 40 Central Command 40 H. Petraeus 40 Anthony Cordesman 40 Sistani 40 Holbrooke 40 minimize civilian casualties 40 defeatists 40 Mullah Omar 40 Ayatollah Sistani 40 neocons 40 raging insurgency 40 strategy 40 Paul Bremer 40 Donald Rumsfeld 40 Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad 40 Centcom 40 neoconservative 40 civilian casualties 40 General Ray Odierno 40 Al Maliki 40 Secretary Donald Rumsfeld 40 Max Boot 40 Haqqanis 39 pacification 39 Robert Gates 39 Militarily 39 Lord Ashdown 39 Durand Line 39 Shia militias 39 commanders 39 Taleban 39 al Anbar province