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You should look into the recent wars in the middle east and earlier conflicts in South East Asia. You're highly underestimating the effectiveness of resource co
by TechDebtDevin 2y ago
You should look into the recent wars in the middle east and earlier conflicts in South East Asia. You're highly underestimating the effectiveness of resource constrained insurgency.
There's actually an argument to be made that we wouldn't even be having this conversation unless the Viet Cong existed. The Internet and modern distributed networks are a direct consequence of western intervention in SEA and the creation of counter-insurgency.
You and others are making the same mistakes as the USSR and others have when countering Islamic Insurgency.The USSR's underestimation of Afghan fighters was their downfall, it's why they called Afghanistan the graveyard of empire, and I would not be surprised at all If we see Isreal meet a similar fate because of this exact same ignorance. In fact I'd bet my entire net worth that is the outcome based on what I see currently. The insane confidence, as displayed by your comment is a great summary of this type of ignorance.
- nayaketo 2y agoInsurgencies have been squashed in recent past (without resorting to nuclear weapons). Search for the end of Tamil tigers in Sri Lanka, Russia crushing Islamists in Chechnya, China crushing Islamists in Xinxiang (or however it's spelled), China crushing the Tibetan insurgency, and currently, Israel almost crushing Hamas.
- HDThoreaun 2y agoYou cant beat an insurgency without local support. The Tamil Tigers are the most obvious case, but all the other ones you mentioned involved settling the disputed territory. Israel is nowhere close to squashing Hamas
- nayaketo 2y agoCope however you like.