The Petraeus Doctrine for fighting counterinsurgency (COIN) operations may be the best chance of success for U.S. forces in Iraq, but not everyone is thrilled with the COIN manual Petraeus recently coauthored with Marine Corps Lt. Gen. James F. Amos. John A. Tirpak, executive editor of Air Force magazine, writes that “Petraeus and Amos damn airpower with the faintest of faint praise.” The Air Force, Tirpak says, “wasn’t thrilled about the Army-Marine Corps counterinsurgency document, which the service said gave short shrift to airpower’s capabilities.” Tirpak sums up what Petraeus and Amos wrote: