Ah, so! Some few are commencing to understand the new face of war. Understanding that there is no favorable percentage in: standing toe-to-toe against Abrams tanks or helicopter gunships; engaging in fixed-position artillery duels; defending against vertical envelopment; ducking napalm; and fighting conventionally against overwhelming forces with superior weapons & logistics, irregular forces have found that a strategy based upon the age old concepts of stealthy "guerrilla" warfare negates the advantages of even the world's most advanced weaponry. In short, the sneaky SOB's do not take and defend objectives, and they certainly do not fight us the way that we want them to fight us; we-the-good-guys find it necessary to fight orthodox, committed "inferior" forces at times and places of THEIR choosing. . . and at the first signs of our gaining an advantage, they simply disappear. They melt back into the background where, if we follow them to continue the action, collateral damage to noncombatants further justifies their contention that WE are the heartless aggressors . . . Mao & Che both outlined the trail to victory for asymmetrical warriors,but somehow the lessons keep escaping us.
Experience is a stern, cruel teacher, but fools learn under no other.
I am on my own jahid-of-sorts!
The "conservative" Israelis, with the staunch and unwavering support of the USA military power and finances , is Hell bent upon implementing their "Greater Israel Plan" (see Google for details) which both the United States and world's media refuse to address ... and even mention. Why are you, Mr. Cole, also ignoring this Middle Eastern hegemony and cancer that is growing exactly in the area in which your expertise is centered?
Ah, so! Some few are commencing to understand the new face of war. Understanding that there is no favorable percentage in: standing toe-to-toe against Abrams tanks or helicopter gunships; engaging in fixed-position artillery duels; defending against vertical envelopment; ducking napalm; and fighting conventionally against overwhelming forces with superior weapons & logistics, irregular forces have found that a strategy based upon the age old concepts of stealthy "guerrilla" warfare negates the advantages of even the world's most advanced weaponry. In short, the sneaky SOB's do not take and defend objectives, and they certainly do not fight us the way that we want them to fight us; we-the-good-guys find it necessary to fight orthodox, committed "inferior" forces at times and places of THEIR choosing. . . and at the first signs of our gaining an advantage, they simply disappear. They melt back into the background where, if we follow them to continue the action, collateral damage to noncombatants further justifies their contention that WE are the heartless aggressors . . . Mao & Che both outlined the trail to victory for asymmetrical warriors,but somehow the lessons keep escaping us.
Experience is a stern, cruel teacher, but fools learn under no other.
Yes, but not for the most part I am a "newbie" here. I take it from your question that I made an unfounded assumption. Correct?
I am on my own jahid-of-sorts!
The "conservative" Israelis, with the staunch and unwavering support of the USA military power and finances , is Hell bent upon implementing their "Greater Israel Plan" (see Google for details) which both the United States and world's media refuse to address ... and even mention. Why are you, Mr. Cole, also ignoring this Middle Eastern hegemony and cancer that is growing exactly in the area in which your expertise is centered?