[Red in Blue PA]

thinking we are an “army” is fantasy.

Obviously the Afghans fighting the Soviets and the US did not think this way. They used crude devices, yet were very effective.....and still are.

[Hugin]

The Afghans are not disorganized. They have the oldest military organization in the world, clans and tribes. They have been fighting as such for thousands of years. The entire purpose of life for an Afghan tribesman is to be a warrior worthy of his ancestors.

[PowderMonkey]

Perhaps “Army” is the wrong word here. I'm thinking hornets nest. A really big one. One that will stay stirred up for several generations, of the mostly German and Scots and Irish “born fightin’” types. Descendants of the boys that got kicked out of every decent European country, and came down out of the Appalachians, Allegheny, and Blue Ridge, and spread across a continent looking for another good fight. Drones have to land and refuel, and personnel have to leave their MRAPs, and come out from behind ballistic armor sooner or later. Hornets will be patiently waiting. Hundreds of thousands. Every one a marksman. At all points of the compass. For years to come.