I do that at times. But when you miss one target, you sometimes nail another one nearby. Close does not only count in horseshoes; it works for hand grenades too.
I've been shot at and missed. ONCE. I
You have exactly the right idea. Wish I could say I had been missed about four times more than turned out to be the case.
Fighting a guerilla war against an occupying force is a tough nut especially if your force isnât trained and organized.
Just so. And yet, some peoples have been doing so instinctively for generations. And with a couple years of training and some careful professional study, twelve American Special Forces troopers can take around 3000 sufficiently motivated but untrained locals and turn them into an irregular force that can tie down ten times their number. Those numbers can vary with circumstances and doctrinal changes, of course, but were the rule of thumb when I was wearing a green hat.
Leadership remains a toss-up: do the advisers run the show for the guerrilla force, or do they try to elevate a local with the right instincts and aptitude for the job? T.E. *Lawrence of Arabia* had some strong thoughts about that, and so does Major Hawk from Pineland.
You are seeing things as I am. At this time we have one of the most experienced Armed Forces in our history. I agree completely that Green Berets are specially developed for just what you’re talking about. Developing an irregular force to fight a guerrilla war.
I believe that there are enough men and boys that are sufficiently proficient with small arms to be trained as a fighting force. I also believe that the families of these men and boys would be supportive and provide the necessary intelligence to be a very active guerilla force. Something along the Swiss book called “total resistance”.