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If the country ever devolved into civil unrest the military would likely not be the ones in the most immediate danger. It would be average citizens unfortunately.
We can look to recent Afghanistan conflict for examples: Afghanistan is a country separated along tribal lines; looking very similar to USA tribal archetypes actually. There are USA backed tribes and there are non-USA backed tribes.
There are hardly any direct confrontations between insurgents in Afghanistan and actual military. It is mostly sniper fire, IEDs, booby-traps and guys taking pot-shots.
These are guys living in tunnels, caves, holes in the ground. Groups of 3-4. Very spread out, very hard to track down and very hard to deal with from an engagement perspective.
There are far more citizen causalities then military ones: The roads are not safe, the infrastructure is under constant attack, the water is not clean, there is no electricity, no telecommunications in many area, no internet; the cables are all cut.
It's not a fun/productive environment that's for sure.
Afghanistan and Vietnam have both effectively proven that you cannot deal with an imbedded insurgency short of anything except nuclear intervention.
The trick is to avoid it all together.Last edited by StinkholePatrol; Today at 04:13 PM.
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