2007-09-21 17:51:05 · 3 answers · asked by Antonio M 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
By fighting asymmetrical and not the symmetric approach we are taking now. Conventional warfare (symmetrical) will not work in say a insurgent war that is being fought now. Our rules of engagement limit us and get good Americans killed. We need to fight with a non conventional means, like Special Ops. If you are truly interested in the subject read "Devils Guard" those men that fought the Viet Cong could have won Vietnam hands down because they were willing to do what was necessary and had no Government to stop them with rules of engagement.
2007-09-21 19:18:53 · answer #1 · answered by SOLO KING 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way to win is to cut off the flow of ideas so they can't recruit. At that level, it could be too hard to stop without completely killing all the suspects. In the olden times, hostile cities were completely leveled even if they did house 100,000 people.
2007-09-21 20:17:49 · answer #2 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
adapt to it, make it symetric.
eye for eye, tooth for tooth.
anyway such a sort of war would not be media attractive, a lot more dead civilians, and much less poor-little-orphans-with- our-soldiers pictures.
solo king> I think that the "devil'sguard" mentioned fought a Vietminh, because they were the part of French Foreign Legion. The book states they were former SS servicemen.
2007-09-21 18:41:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋