• qublic69 [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    yeah, well, things really have changed in the last few decades...
    but I guess a large part of successful insurgency is just moving quickly to achieve political goals, or use rifles to get access to the military toys before they are deployed.

    • cummynism [she/her,they/them]
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      4 years ago

      An international Coalition has been fighting the Taliban for 19 years, a bunch of goat herders and farmers in one of the poorest countries in the world, and are resurging.

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      A successful insurgency outside the core outlasts the enemy, either by periodic "We're still here assholes" attacks for decades like the IRA, until they come to the table and cut a deal. Or by forcing such horrible measures on the enemy that they drown in the blood they have to shed to stop you.