The one thing that all successful insurgencies have in common is a young population. The median age in Yemen is something like 19 years of age. The median age in Ukraine was over 40, and that from before the war.
"Russia is moving slow to avoid a guerilla war" is just a retcon that Russia supporters tell themselves.
"Independent rebellion doesn't have any prospective if it's been run without support of a third party. There are a lot of myths about independent rebels who oppose an organised state and successfully do their tasks. That's unreality. Powerful states are always backing successful rebels. Otherwise, the rebels would be wiped out pretty quick." - Colonel Vladimir Trukhan
The one thing that all successful insurgencies have in common is a young population. The median age in Yemen is something like 19 years of age. The median age in Ukraine was over 40, and that from before the war.
"Russia is moving slow to avoid a guerilla war" is just a retcon that Russia supporters tell themselves.
"Independent rebellion doesn't have any prospective if it's been run without support of a third party. There are a lot of myths about independent rebels who oppose an organised state and successfully do their tasks. That's unreality. Powerful states are always backing successful rebels. Otherwise, the rebels would be wiped out pretty quick." - Colonel Vladimir Trukhan
The Taliban, who was backing them?
Men who glow in the dark.
In other words, nobody.
I don't think it would be a stretch to say that Taliban literally *is* the state.
By that logic, the term insurgency is meaningless.