Supposedly Mao's book on guerilla warfare has been intensely studied in the millitary academies of the US since at least the Afghanistan invasions. The fact that the officer corps doesn't seem to internalize litterally any part of it is another problem.
Well, it's because it says that there is no actual way (for an invader) with a small military presence to win. You can't make them internalize facts that they are physically unable to cope with strategically, because then the logical conclusion is that they shouldn't do it, and that is an unacceptable answer.
Supposedly Mao's book on guerilla warfare has been intensely studied in the millitary academies of the US since at least the Afghanistan invasions. The fact that the officer corps doesn't seem to internalize litterally any part of it is another problem.
Well, it's because it says that there is no actual way (for an invader) with a small military presence to win. You can't make them internalize facts that they are physically unable to cope with strategically, because then the logical conclusion is that they shouldn't do it, and that is an unacceptable answer.