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Originally Posted by Webstral
The Rhodesians missed the point that insurgencies are political problems, not battlefield problems. The Army can buy time and leverage. If that time and leverage are used wisely, the insurgency can be brought to a close. If the time and leverage are not used wisely, then we end up with the Zimbabwes and Vietnams of the world. Also, we end up with the USAs of the world.
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Web,
One counter-factual might be what would have happened if Rhodesia had adopted liberal democracy and majority rule upon independence in 1965, and had not suffered decades of political and economic isolation and warfare.
Tony