The people on the ground are saying your dogma is wrong.
You are 9000 miles away. You have no background or experience in Counter Insurgency. Just because “Run away” fits in with your habitual Neo Isolationist political dogma, does not mean you have the slightest hint of a clue of what is, or is not, a correct strategy.
The fact that you routinely strain out all facts that do not fit your knee jerk Neo Isolationist dogmas indicates you are even LESS fit to comment on this topic then most people.
The people on the ground are professionals, you are just some anonymous jerk with an attitude and a computer. The notion that anyone should listen to your ignorant opinions over their professional assessment is absurd and laughable.
Why don't you try to defend COIN? Surely you could find some info on the internet supporting COIN. How did it work in Viet Nam?
Try this.
Insurgency requires no capital. COIN requires large capital investments.