Opus 2026-009: Asymmetrical Is a Two-Way Street

We like to come up with fancy names for things.  Today we talk about asymmetrical warfare.  Before the scholars got involved, we tended to call it terrorism.  If you go back in history to say, Vietnam, it was guerrilla warfare. Go back to the American Revolution.  I’m not sure what the term was, but the British were very offended.  Americans would hide behind trees and shoot at them standing in their nice even red lines.

Anyway, you look at it this type of warfare is not considered fair by the side that it is being used against.  Of course the side that is doing the sneaky attacks says that it’s their only hope because they are so weak compared to their adversaries.  They are only seeking justice and liberty.  That’s the basic logic.  The Americans and the American revolution felt justified in shooting from behind trees because they were the weak ones.  The British had the premier army of the world and they were just a bunch of colonist.  If you go to Vietnam, Vietnamese from the north said they were just a small country fighting the American military might.  Therefore it was OK to attack in the middle of the night, to violate the truce, to stab people in the back and kill civilians who would not cooperate.  The terrorists use the same type of logic.

Now let’s go to the modern Middle East.  You have Israel.  You have 57 Muslim countries.  Now I will admit that they all are not in the Middle East, but they certainly have connections which would send their midnight warriors in that direction.  The logic of the terrorist is that they are too weak to fight the mighty Israel machine.  Really?  I’m not sure what the population numbers are, but the Jews are outnumbered probably 100 to one by the Muslims.  I think back to when Cortez defeated the Aztecs.  Aztecs had I believe about 1 million warriors and Cortez had about 600.  Aztec could have smothered them to death if they had simply gotten down to it.  Instead, they were subjugated and turned into slaves.

If the Muslims were serious about destroying Israel, and had the courage and the commitment, they could simply smother it in human wave attacks with no weapons except their wives cast-iron frying pans.  If you look at the history of wars between Israel and the nations around them, in every case, they have been severely outnumbered.  In every case, the Arab armies have had modern weapons and the training offered by such places as Soviet Union.  They could not win in a stand up, look you in the eye, war. The answer to that problem is, stab you in the back when you’re not looking.

Based on the numbers, it should be the Israel army that is using terrorism and suicide bombers.  But then this has never been about facts and reality it’s about ideology and hatred.  

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