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> in modern times with modern government surveillance and weapons, instead of uprisings and coups

None of that helped in Afghanistan — where the locals defeated the US via persistent warfare.

Such tactics will work even better when insurrectionists can directly attack US production facilities, ambush data centers and technical staff, assassinate politicians, and attack solder’s families.

And that’s before considering whether some portions of the military would side with an uprising.



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