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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Generally, foreign powers have done poorly against guerrilla campaigns in developing countries - the only one I can think of won by the Europeans was the Boer war, where much of the war was between two colonial settler groups.
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The British successfully defeated the (indigenous) communist insurgency in Malaya after WWII. The only successfully suppressed communist insurgency ever, I believe.
Doesn't detract from your point, but I figured I was duty-bound to throw that one out there since a relative by marriage was the head of the imperial police at the time. Though we might have more success in Iraq if we adopted his tactics.
