A lot of people (not in this thread) have been generalizing from America’s difficulties with the Taliban to what Russia might expect, should they conquer the Ukraine. I do not think that the experiences will resemble one another as much as might be expected, because I think insurgencies require cooperative civilian populaces in which to conceal themselves, and I expect Russia’s rules of engagement will discourage most civilians from supporting the Ukrainian partisans.
Agreed. Afghanistan was an asymmetric war, which is to say asymmetrically in favor of the Taliban. If Afghan civilians refuse to cooperate with the Americans, not much happens. If they refuse to cooperate with the Taliban, they and their families may get tortured/killed.
A lot of people (not in this thread) have been generalizing from America’s difficulties with the Taliban to what Russia might expect, should they conquer the Ukraine. I do not think that the experiences will resemble one another as much as might be expected, because I think insurgencies require cooperative civilian populaces in which to conceal themselves, and I expect Russia’s rules of engagement will discourage most civilians from supporting the Ukrainian partisans.
Agreed. Afghanistan was an asymmetric war, which is to say asymmetrically in favor of the Taliban. If Afghan civilians refuse to cooperate with the Americans, not much happens. If they refuse to cooperate with the Taliban, they and their families may get tortured/killed.
You talking about their war in Afghanistan or our war in Afghanistan? ;)
I saw in a documentary where Afghans didn’t realize they were being invaded by a different world power than in the 80s.
Nevertheless, the taliban didn’t exactly exist while the Russians were there, and the Mujahideen pushed them back all the same.