History is RIFE with examples of a technologically inferior enemy defeating a superior enemy because of superior tactics.
The American Revolution, the Vietnam War, the German barbarians' defeat of the Roman Empire, even Hitler's defeat by the Russians are examples.
Let's use Hitler's example. Hitler's forces were vastly technologically superior to Stalin's, but they were finite and their supply lines were overstretched. Conversely, Stalin had limitless local supplies, endless numbers of human cannon fodder and outside economic aid.
Likewise, US forces in Iraq are technologically superior but finite. The US can't continue to equip and supply several hundred thousand high tech troops overseas indefinitely. Conversely, insurgent forces are virtually limitless, all they need is AK-47s and RPGs, and they are well funded by outside groups.
It's got nothing to do with whose cause is "more just" and everything to do with which tactic is superior. And history has shown that.
2007-05-28
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