First of all, I'm not sure what's so valuable about recruiting members of an organization that has taken repeated L's from insurgents. Like, it would make more sense to get military training from the people who has actually given the US military L's than hope a bunch of US veterans would still remember how to drive an Abram. It would make more sense to hook up with the Cubans or the Vietnamese or even the Taliban, especially since they actually have experience waging guerilla warfare. Obviously, what's far more likely is people would have to figure out how to wage guerilla warfare themselves.
Second of all, anti-aircraft missiles systems and helicopters are way outside the scope of the early stages of assymetric warfare. Do you see members of Hamas flying helicopters or driving tanks? The fact that IDF jets can bomb civilians in Gaza with near impunity means Hamas probably doesn't have an anti-aircraft missiles system. You have to get to the level of Hezbollah, who basically de facto rule parts of Lebanon, before you can talk about needing tanks and helicopters. And who supplies Hezbollah with tanks and other vehicles? The Islamic Republic of Iran, and it's that same republic that gave the first generation of Hezbollah troops who would drive those tanks military training. Hezbollah doesn't need a bunch of ex Lebanese army veterans who can half-remember how to drive a model tank that's different from the model Iran's going to actually sent when the Iranian military instructor can just train them how to drive the tank.
Two points.
First of all, I'm not sure what's so valuable about recruiting members of an organization that has taken repeated L's from insurgents. Like, it would make more sense to get military training from the people who has actually given the US military L's than hope a bunch of US veterans would still remember how to drive an Abram. It would make more sense to hook up with the Cubans or the Vietnamese or even the Taliban, especially since they actually have experience waging guerilla warfare. Obviously, what's far more likely is people would have to figure out how to wage guerilla warfare themselves.
Second of all, anti-aircraft missiles systems and helicopters are way outside the scope of the early stages of assymetric warfare. Do you see members of Hamas flying helicopters or driving tanks? The fact that IDF jets can bomb civilians in Gaza with near impunity means Hamas probably doesn't have an anti-aircraft missiles system. You have to get to the level of Hezbollah, who basically de facto rule parts of Lebanon, before you can talk about needing tanks and helicopters. And who supplies Hezbollah with tanks and other vehicles? The Islamic Republic of Iran, and it's that same republic that gave the first generation of Hezbollah troops who would drive those tanks military training. Hezbollah doesn't need a bunch of ex Lebanese army veterans who can half-remember how to drive a model tank that's different from the model Iran's going to actually sent when the Iranian military instructor can just train them how to drive the tank.