Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 57 counterinsurgency 57 counter insurgency 57 Petraeus 55 troop drawdown 55 counterinsurgency strategy 55 McChrystal 54 Gen McChrystal 54 troop surge 54 troop buildup 53 Gen Petraeus 51 Karl Eikenberry 51 troop withdrawal 51 Gen. Petraeus 51 Abizaid 50 troop levels 50 Stanley McChrystal 50 Afghanistan 50 Odierno 49 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 49 troop reductions 49 counterinsurgency warfare 49 troop escalation 49 Gen. McChrystal 48 General Stanley McChrystal 48 troop withdrawals 48 NATO 48 David Petraeus 47 Eikenberry 46 commanders 46 Gen. Josef Blotz 46 resurgent Taliban 46 Afghan 46 Abdul Rahim Wardak 46 Nato 46 Rumsfeld 46 troop withdrawal timetable 46 Gen Kayani 45 disarming Hezbollah 45 Iraq 45 Douglas Lute 45 Counterinsurgency 45 Pentagon 45 AfPak 45 Talat Masood 45 troop pullout 45 General Kayani 45 irregular warfare 45 David Barno 45 toppling Saddam Hussein 44 Barno 44 phased withdrawal 44 Peter Schoomaker 44 Af Pak 44 Natynczyk 44 Taliban strongholds 44 Schoomaker 44 Guantanamo tribunals 43 military 43 troops 43 Tommy Franks 43 Taliban insurgency 43 militant sanctuaries 43 Lawrence Korb 43 Zalmay Khalilzad 43 Marjah 43 airpower 43 combat brigades 43 insurgency 43 US backed 43 Taliban 43 Admiral Mullen 43 ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad 43 Khalilzad 43 AFRICOM 43 Karzai 43 drawdown 42 Kayani 42 Dubik 42 envoy Lakhdar Brahimi 42 gradual withdrawal 42 precipitous withdrawal 42 Quadrennial Defense Review 42 Abdul Rashid Dostum 42 Baluyevsky 42 counterinsurgency tactics 42 Blotz 42 troop deployments 42 phased redeployment 42 H. Petraeus 42 COIN 42 JFCOM 42 General Ray Odierno 42 Southcom 42 peacekeeping 42 President Hamid Karzai 42 Oruzgan 41 strategy 41 insurgents 41 troop deployment 41 John Abizaid 41 Robert Gates