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I was thinking mostly militarily - complete decentralization makes it much easier for a coordinated enemy to pick your organization apart. There are a bunch of
by ericd 15y ago
I was thinking mostly militarily - complete decentralization makes it much easier for a coordinated enemy to pick your organization apart. There are a bunch of other disadvantages too.
- turbojerry 15y agoIf that were true then the US military should have easily destroyed Al Qaeda and the Taliban. There is plenty of information on 4th generation and asymmetric warfare on the net which will help you understand why.
- ericd 15y agoRight, I was thinking about conventional wars and prevention of occupation/subjugation. They haven't been rooted out and killed, but they weren't able to stop the US from occupying their country. There are many things the US is not willing to do which less moral armies have done somewhat successfully in the past to root out guerillas, but that's all a different topic.