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Post by ltfred on Jul 25, 2011 17:00:03 GMT -5
I'm genuinely curious, if anyone can think of an example where this form of projected asymetric warfare has worked, I would be very interested to hear of it. South Korea in the War there. Guerilla war slowed up UN forces and made them devote extra troops to counter-insurgency at a critical moment. |
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Post by discoberry on Jul 25, 2011 18:31:20 GMT -5
I suppose it depends on what your criteria is. Allied firebombing in WWII was nothing less than terrorism and worked. Yes, but not an example of assymetric warfare. It was part of an over all conventional offensive. So I don't really think it is comparable to what most people think of as "terrorism", and it certainly didn't win the war for the Allies alone. But FYI, I agree with you that the use of incendiaries against civilian targets is most certainly a terror tactic, and probably should be considered a warcrime. The FARC in Columbia is a prime example. The people hate em but yet they now run a hunk of map the size of Connecticut |
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Post by lighthorseman on Jul 25, 2011 18:33:26 GMT -5
I'm genuinely curious, if anyone can think of an example where this form of projected asymetric warfare has worked, I would be very interested to hear of it. South Korea in the War there. Guerilla war slowed up UN forces and made them devote extra troops to counter-insurgency at a critical moment. No idea what you are refering to. |
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Post by lighthorseman on Jul 25, 2011 18:34:22 GMT -5
Yes, but not an example of assymetric warfare. It was part of an over all conventional offensive. So I don't really think it is comparable to what most people think of as "terrorism", and it certainly didn't win the war for the Allies alone. But FYI, I agree with you that the use of incendiaries against civilian targets is most certainly a terror tactic, and probably should be considered a warcrime. The FARC in Columbia is a prime example. The people hate em but yet they now run a hunk of map the size of Connecticut Not familiar with that example. Are they hated in the region they control? |
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Post by discoberry on Jul 25, 2011 20:19:18 GMT -5
The FARC in Columbia is a prime example. The people hate em but yet they now run a hunk of map the size of Connecticut Not familiar with that example. Are they hated in the region they control? Yes, and the FARC controlling that piece of land was a formal gov't hand over...a sort of drug dealer devolution. |
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Post by ltfred on Jul 25, 2011 22:27:58 GMT -5
South Korea in the War there. Guerilla war slowed up UN forces and made them devote extra troops to counter-insurgency at a critical moment. No idea what you are refering to. After Inchon, during the rapid advance to the Yalu, there were a couple of stay-behind Northern units that posed problems. The UN had to leave some troops behind to shoot them. |
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