Manual Diemer, the COIN academy's commandant, speaking in his spare briefing room at Camp Taji.

NPR: Baghdad School Trains Troops to Combat Insurgents

Diemer admits this is a weapon that is meant to drive a wedge between the Iraqi people and the American soldier.

NPR: Baghdad School Trains Troops to Combat Insurgents

"I think it's safe to say that within another six months to a year, if we continue this training, we will have educated in counterinsurgency an entire generation of combat leaders, " Diemer said.

NPR: Baghdad School Trains Troops to Combat Insurgents