Posted on 12/23/2008 9:37:10 PM PST by KellyM37
Guerilla tactics can have an effect. The problem is that such tactics are rarely capable of winning a war. Even Mao admitted that the fourth and final stage of an winning resistance movement was the creation of an effective conventional army capable of going toe-to-toe with the regular forces of the opponent.
BTW, you are aware that the loss ratio of guerillas v. regulars is often as high as 20 to 1 and rarely below 10 to 1. In order for a guerilla campaign to be effective, you must have a guerilla force willing to accept such loses over a prolonged period of time.
My point is that such talk will get a lot of really good folks killed for little or no gain. If you want to be effective against a regular force you must be willing to spend far more time running away than fighting. The guerilla that stands and fights, dies.
Yes, a guerilla war is a war of attrition.
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