Armed Forces envision insurgency tactics like those used by Afghan mujahedeen, sources say. But officials and experts stress a U.S. operation is unlikely, and the scenarios are conceptual
Armed Forces envision insurgency tactics like those used by Afghan mujahedeen, sources say. But officials and experts stress a U.S. operation is unlikely, and the scenarios are conceptual
there is a joke i think i heard from the 1dime podcast - that socialists/communist in the imperial core (canada) dream of dying in the struggle for a socialist republic, but are more likely to fight and die to maintain the sovereignty of the liberal federation
There’s some truth to that, you’re more likely to see left wing people line up to die to save the country than these people who are there for a paycheck and expected only to be fighting asymmetrical war against inferior opponents.
For the middle eastern groups it’s religion holding the groups together though.
Exactly - the problem isn’t who they are fighting, it’s what they are fighting for.
As a Canadian, I wouldn’t fight for the existing state, but I would fight for a socialist/communist-aligned partisan force if given the opportunity.
Many national liberation movements are usually a mix of all kinds of anti-occupation forces, too.
True. Imo, if there was such a scenario, the goal would be to basically turn any insurgent group into a revolutionary one, either by intent or effect.
Italian partisans by the end of ww2 were a motley crew of Christians, communists, monarchists, liberals, Jewish people, and resistance fighters from other places.
They made the fash bleed nonetheless.