David Kilcullen, who was the chief counterinsurgency adviser to General David Petraeus, has posted another item over at the Small Wars Journal. Kilcullen always makes for interesting reading, and he doesn’t disappoint with this latest. Kilcullen offers some deep insight into al Qaeda’s current troubles in Anbar–specifically, why it is that the terrorist groups Iraqi affiliate, AQI, failed to cement its relationship with the tribal sheiks in that region. The answer is surprisingly simple–AQI failed to abide by Rule #1: Bros before Hoes: