neo-colonialism?
I was under the impression that 'hearts and minds' was a philosophy and tactical option rather than exporting the Empire to the fuzzy-wuzzies.
It is the difference between not treating everyone who lives in the coutry where we are waging war as either scum, whore, target, expendable collateral or candidate for rendition.
That doesn't mean security shouldn't be at the forefront of minds on Ops - it is a healthy realisation that after 'we' have brought democracy and peace to the world we will pull back and leave it to the host nation...so you need a bit more that a puppet prime minister of a vassal state left behind.
In using this as an operating concept it might be a suprise to find out that a large chinck of people of probably 'about right' and just want to get on with their life without some geezer with a big gun (skin tone not an issue here) telling them how their life is to be led.