Right, 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 t

Right, 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.