Everyone seems to forget that we once defeated an insurgency led by Islamic extremists—the Moro War of 1902-1917, which was fought on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Of course, in those days, we didn’t have Washington-based liberals laying down “rules of engagement.”
“Of course, in those days, we didn’t have Washington-based liberals laying down “rules of engagement.”
And THAT is the whole point of my last post. Americans today have not the got the stomach for a protacted conflict, nor the will to employ the kind of brutal tactics needed to succeed in dealing with fanatics.
The only way is the Blitzkreig model.
We use our superior military technology to inflict massive, unbearable losses, destroy their government and infrastructure, then pull out before our guys can suffer the kind of protracted losses the public won’t sustain and which are bound not to succeed in converting these animals into modern day republican type citizens.