one thing I think people dont consider enough when looking at eg the ability of the Taliban to resist US force, or the Viet Cong, or whatever, in the context of the value of small arms is that the US did not adopt the tactic of "kill everyone until the fighting stops"
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i should also be clear i am not arguing /for/ a kill everyone strategy. i think it is abominable. but many disagree and they might be able to enact their preferences sooner or later
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to be extremely extremely clear this is something I hope im wrong about but it might be worth considering what the likelihood of it not being wrong is if this is something important to you idk glhf
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political scientist who specialized in a related field hmm also note "kill everyone" only gets easier with certain tech advances I am reluctant to name but you can probably easily imaginehttps://twitter.com/knrd_z/status/1420567263388778500?s=19 …
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good read on authoritarian counterinsurgency methodshttps://twitter.com/Joe_Adorno3/status/1420569862947184644?s=19 …
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The thing is that for an outsider/occupier, employing high levels of force is almost certain to strengthen allegiance to guerrillas.
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This isn't just a problem of optics; you need cooperation from the populace.
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Yes but if it has come to that point the result really doesn’t matter does it?
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Civilian casualties inflicted by a military force are both harmful to the mission and to the morale of the perpetrators. There is limited utility in this approach which is evident in any lasting conflict post WW2.
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How the military/police would be deployed against the population and the motivations for the uprising would be huge determinants in deciding the eventual outcome. No uprising today/near future would have a chance, hard to extrapolate decades into the future tho.
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