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Occupation isn't the key, it is the willingness to inflict civilian casualties to demoralize the enemy to the point they can no longer fight. We go out of our
by Shivetya 11y ago
Occupation isn't the key, it is the willingness to inflict civilian casualties to demoralize the enemy to the point they can no longer fight.
We go out of our way to not harm civilians, the very same who likely are supporting the people we are trying to kill and this has the effect of extending the length of any war. There are some who claim inflicting civilian casualties only encourages the enemy but history has proven time and time again that simply is not true.
- vlehto 11y agoHistory has proven that when?
- walshemj 11y agoIts classic Guerrilla tactics make the villagers more scared of you than the central government.
- tsotha 11y agoThe Spanish-American war of 1898. The Philippine guerrillas on Mindanao were crushed so savagely and effectively the locals still associate the US with actions taken during that time period. War is ultimately a contest of wills. It's not that you can't beat irregulars, it's that you have to be so brutal the folks at home won't tolerate it unless the threat is existential.
- vlehto 11y agoStill U.S. saw it best to install puppet and continue occupation for about a generation. There we're 20 000 troops in Philippines in 1941. In a country of about 16 million people. There are over 30 million people in Afganistan and about 13000 Nato troops. If that works out, U.S. has gotten better occupying countries.