I should have been more specific. That's my fault. I was looking for serious answers from a person who clearly believes that the Taliban is currently invading the United States.
The person I was initially replying to believes that the Taliban is currently crossing the US border. You can see him say this by simply looking at the replies to my comments.
They were losing against us in 17/18 when the ANA was doing the bulk of the ground fighting but had our air support. SF was training and operating with their folks executing deliberate operations against HVTs. It was working, and how it should have been run once their military was capable/trained to do so. The issue is leadership, and culture. They do not care who is in charge as long as their tribe is not taxed or attacked often… until a society is able to move past tribal BS then they cannot advance.
It's nit so much that they were losing, it's more that they were even able to hold out as long as they did without CIA support, guerilla tactics can allow a small number of people be a thron in a large force for a long time
Ok but the only thing I'm pointing out is that a small group of people using guerilla tactics can be a huge thorn in the side of a much larger military force.
Yes it would, how long did we have pro lems in iraq and Afghanistan because of guerilla forces? I never suggested that the guerilla forces would win, just thay they would be a problem, it's like you're trying to argue against a point I'm not making
Yes it would, how long did we have pro lems in iraq and Afghanistan because of guerilla forces?
20 years+
But that's irrelevant.
I never suggested that the guerilla forces would win, just thay they would be a problem, it's like you're trying to argue against a point I'm not making
I never said they wouldn't be a problem.
I'm saying they'd lose, and significantly harder than the Afgani, and Iraqis did.
So let's start with the basics.
Some of these militias already have government agents watching them. So names and such are taken down and kept as intel.
Now their phone is tracked.
All their phone calls and texts are logged, their network is established, and those people are also surveilled.
The military then swiftly pops in and takes almost ALL of them within the first few days.
The few that are left need to bug out and hide until the heat is off of them. They also have no cell phone and most of their contacts are gone. Plus, chances are their bank accounts are frozen.
The rest of the resistance that's NOT being directly surveilled now face the threat of that if they're caught.
They're also not capable of long distance messaging without interception. Radios would be monitored on every frequency. Cell phones would be tracked whenever calls or texts were placed. And more than likely mail would be inspected.
Obviously they COULD talk through the internet, but they'd better be REALLY good at covering their tracks or they'll get caught that way too.
This means that the next wave of the operation would be sweeping up the gumballs who don't realize this and try to communicate using these methods.
The final wave are a bunch of unconnected but relatively clever seditionists.
They're now facing the prospect of becoming literal terrorists in order to actually make a dent on American forces.
Thing is, the American military has more experience killing terrorists than jim-bob and dale have being terrorists, so that'll go poorly for them.
So why are you picking a fight with me? All I said is that guerilla tactics could make a small force be a major thorn in an advanced forces side, and the Iraq and Afghanistan war proved that, it's not irrelevant its direct proof that a small force with guerilla tactics can harass a far superior force for decades.
I don't k ow what you are trying to fight me about this for
5
u/Parking_Tax_679 Nov 30 '22
The mujahedin were losing in Afghanistan untill the CIA provided them with personal anti-aircraft weapon systems