bin said al said, in a relatively bloodless coup. immediately, the young sultan set out on a different tact for winning the war. ian: almost before the shooting had stopped, we would institute a civil aid program. build roads, build a school, build a mosque, build shops, a clinic. but it was in this way the sultan was able to demonstrate that he was the one who had his people s best interest at heart, not the communists. anthony: things seldom work out so well. post insurgency or counterinsurgency, this tactic failed spectacularly in vietnam of course. what made the difference here? ian: in every war in history, you end up living with the other side and if you can open a respectable door successfully then the less likely the aftermath is going to beset with rancor with hatred and a thirst for revenge.
for where it is, the strait of hormuz. the persian gulf s femoral artery, 20% of the world s oil flows through here making it one of, if not the most strategically important waterways on the planet. by 1970 sultan taimoor s counter insurgency was not going well. he was deposed by his son qaboos bin said al said, in a relatively bloodless coup. immediately, the young sultan set out on a different tact for winning the war. ian: almost before the shooting had stopped, we would institute a civil aid program. build roads, build a school, build a mosque, build shops, a clinic. but it was in this way the sultan was able to demonstrate that he was the one who had his people s best interest at heart, not the communists. anthony: things seldom work out so well. post insurgency or counterinsurgency, this tactic
flows through here making it one of, if not the most strategically important waterways on the planet. by 1970 sultan taimoor s counter insurgency was not going well. he was deposed by his son qaboos bin said al said, in a relatively bloodless coup. immediately, the young sultan set out on a different tact for winning the war. ian: almost before the shooting had stopped, we would institute a civil aid program. build roads, build a school, build a mosque, build shops, a clinic. but it was in this way the sultan was able to demonstrate that he was the one who had his people s best interest at heart, not the communists. anthony: things seldom work out so well. post insurgency or counterinsurgency, this tactic failed spectacularly in vietnam of course. what made the difference here?
by 1970 sultan taimoor s counter insurgency was not going well. he was deposed by his son qaboos bin said al said, in a relatively bloodless coup. immediately, the young sultan set out on a different tact for winning the war. ian: almost before the shooting had stopped, we would institute a civil aid program. build roads, build a school, build a mosque, build shops, a clinic. but it was in this way the sultan was able to demonstrate that he was the one who had his people s best interest at heart, not the communists. anthony: things seldom work out so well. post insurgency or counterinsurgency, this tactic failed spectacularly in vietnam of course. what made the difference here? ian: in every war in history, you end up living with the other side and if you can open a
by 1970 sultan taimoor s counter insurgency was not going well. he was deposed by his son qaboos bin said al said, in a relatively bloodless coup. immediately, the young sultan set out on a different tack for winning the war. ian: almost before the shooting had stopped, we would institute a civil aid program. build roads, build a school, build a mosque, build shops, a clinic. but it was in this way the sultan was able to demonstrate that he was the one who had his people s best interest at heart, not the communists. anthony: things seldom work out so well. post insurgency or counterinsurgency, this tactic failed spectacularly in vietnam of course. what made the difference here? ian: in every war in history, you end up living with the other side and if you can open a respectable door successfully