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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Replying to @eigenrobot
Admittedly the USSR had no such limitations in Afghanistan but still lost. Then again they were fighting an enemy fortified with both US funds and Saudi petrodollars.
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Interesting. Has Afghanistan been conquered by anyone but the mongols?
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Kandahar is literally named after Alexander :)
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