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[The Grand Nudger]

None of that factors in the technology on the ground here in terms of surveillance

operated by the insurgency.

in terms of financial monitoring (wars are expensive),

not very expensive for an insurgency

and the fact that it would be much easier to penetrate rebel groups and get much better intel.

gathering intel from cells is wonderful, but it's very limited.

None of those factors were in play in any of the conflicts you listed.

We used different methods - different tech, but all of those factors have been in play in (likely) every large conflict man has ever had.

You're right that our country has large swathes of land that would be ideal for flummoxing high-tech hardware, and if the only resources deployed against any rebels were military, sure, you could see a decade or two of fighting in the Rockies or Alleghenies ... but all the AR-15s in the world aren't going unfreeze your accounts so that you can buy food for your fighters. Hungry soldiers don't fight well.

That you would bring AR15's (you're working for them..arent you...you want the rebels to lose..lol), and think that insurgents fight like soldiers (hungry or tired), have the requirements of soldiers, or the logistical back end is why -you- cant join my militia sir.

You'd see further decades in the sub tropical and swampy south. The frozen north, the vast plains where mech fears to tread (but ironically is the most effective). However, urban centers would be the absolute worst. These are the problems that have confronted every invading army (or brutal regime) -ever-. The locals always find the food, its the people with supply trains and expensive requirements that have all the problems.... Don't get me wrong, I love our military - it's good shit, it just isn't going to fare any better here than it has elsewhere or that, historically, conventional forces have fared in assymetric warfare at any point in time.

I don't get it, btw, most of us are fairly comfortable with listing off our military's shortcomings. Who was surprised by how the last two wars went? But whenever someone brings revolution into play (admittedly, a batshit idea) all of a sudden we're cruel motherfuckin ground pounders who will curbstomp all comers? Is this overestimation of our forces and tech or underestimation of our fellow americans (or both)? Seems like it must be one or some combination to me.