People have pointed out that in criticizing this metaphor I ignored the crucial phrase "on an open field" -- it's true that, as a Vietnamese officer once said, that the modern army wins in the open field, but it is also irrelevant.https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1221827357276807169 …
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Arguably those weren't "open fields," but yes.
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Then Frum’s analogy still doesn’t work because what he’s describing has basically never happened
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Insurgencies work when they have local support. Sanders has this in abundance
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Frum still having nightmares about his role in the Iraq debacle I see.
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OR, we could realize that it's a shitty metaphor? All Jeet's examples are foreign occupiers. Of COURSE the locals can wait them out.
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An asymmetrical resistance meeting a modern Army "...in an open field ", this pos is a brilliant tactician. Asymmetricals aren't that dumb.
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