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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Who were we bombing in the VN War? What third country are we bombing now?
Who did we negotiate a treaty with in the VN War? Who would we negotiate with now?
Whose troops and tanks took over Saigon in 1975? Who will invade Baghdad and take over?
External support for an insurgency does not equal the power required to win a war militarily. Read Mao and study the phases and requirements of a true insurgency to succeed.
TR
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With all do respect, you are still missing or refusing to acknowledge that my analogy was "limited".
Obviously our bombing campaign was against North Vietnam. Most notably the bombings in Hanoi were to force the NVA to the table for peace talks. The "Breakfast bombings" were carried out in Cambodia, but against the NVA.
Mao's tenets of Insurgency are well known and used by Al Queda, Chechnians, and the Taliban. In fact his tenets were used successfully against the French and the Americans in Vietnam. We, the Americans, won all the battles in Vietnam, but did not "win" the war.
Mao did not invent Insurgency warfare but did transform it into a modern effective means to overcome a superior military force. Not a Mao scholar but understand the principles of his style of warfare.
1. Mao believed that political, military, economic and social attrition rather than outright force results in the defeat of a superior military force.
2. Mao's tenants of warfare are meant to convince the enemy's decision-makers that victory was too costly.
Mao also believed in retreat...........so as to fight another day! So pardon me while I employ that tactic.
Since I don't know the answer, whose works should I read that best details how to defeat Mao's game plan.