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>Today, the government's military is so advanced that they'd quickly squash any kind of uprising even if you somehow managed to obtain every legally purchased f
by joonoro 11y ago
>Today, the government's military is so advanced that they'd quickly squash any kind of uprising even if you somehow managed to obtain every legally purchased firearm in the country.
You'd be surprised at how effective guerrilla warfare is.
- reagency 11y agoGuerilla warfare can change who wins, but it won't stop you from losing. A war has more than two sides.
- leereeves 11y ago> it won't stop you from losing One counter-example: the Taliban
- thaumasiotes 11y agoNot Vietnam?
- vacri 11y agoGuerilla warfare in Vietnam was a major component, but the major gains on the ground were made by the North Vietnamese Army.
- aaronem 11y agoOnly against an occupier unwilling to meet it with measures harsh enough to be effective. Historically speaking, I'd say it is more likely for US military forces to employ such measures against Americans, than against occupied foreign polities; as far as I can think of, we've actually never done the latter, while US history exhibits at least two instances of the former -- the Indian relocation, on the one hand, demonstrating the effectiveness of mass resettlement, and Sherman's March to the Sea, on the other, doing likewise for "scorched earth" techniques and reprisal killings of civilian hostages in response to guerrilla attacks.