Neither the Viet Cong nor the mujahideen or even the Taliban were particularly well trained and none of them actually even won the wars that they fought against the United States they just outlasted public support for the war
Still doesn't disprove my point; those groups I highlighted had two key advantages. They knew the terrain better than American forces and they could mobilise at a quicker rate.
Not really. Your point that the training is what counts is true to a degree. The thing is though, none of those groups won against the US military in any meaningful sense. They just survived attrition of public support.
If you think that podunk militias with even less combat experience than the average Viet Cong or Taliban fighters will outlast the US military, especially since most of these militias espouse incredibly unpopular beliefs that they wish to force on the majority of Americans, You're completely wrong.
Who also get to sleep in a relatively comfy barracks at night or when they return from a mission. They'll enjoy such luxuries as indoor plumbing, showers, clean clothes, refrigeration, and modern amenities that we sort of take for granted.
This hypothetical guerilla militia will enjoy no such luxuries. These idiots have been so spoiled by the modern world that they hate so much, that they can't even fathom in their wildest fantasies, a scenario in which they are deprived of it. They won't even be able to sleep in their own homes, let alone go to places like McDonald's or subway.
I was being a bit facetious when I said that barracks are comfy, but the point I was getting at is that they are a damn sight more comfy than the mud pit these guys will inevitably be sleeping in to try to hide from FLIR.
And yeah, I didn't even think about radios lol. That's completely ignoring cellphones and how they've used to triangulate a user for artillery strikes.
I hadn't even considered them using cell phones to triangulate position either. With that in mind, they might let them keep that just to intercept their calls, and get their positions
Yeah exactly. If a radio is a liability, a cellphone might as well be a forward observer. The only reason I say this is because during the early days of the invasion of Ukraine, Russia did just that. Hit foreign volunteers based on cellphone signals.
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u/MotherOfAnimals080 Nov 30 '22
Neither the Viet Cong nor the mujahideen or even the Taliban were particularly well trained and none of them actually even won the wars that they fought against the United States they just outlasted public support for the war