[endthematrix]

"Land mines don't win wars."

Resolve wins wars. You could fight with stones and the wars won't end until one party puts down arms or is wiped clean off the map. I would add Somalia as one where small arms drove out a superior force. In that case the US will finish the job.

"Ooooo scary." Don't tell that to a US patrol in Iraq. IED are scary and quite deadly.

[RussianConservative]

Scary, deadly, but overall ineffective. As Russian army modernize and professionalize, this become much more difficult....most casualties due to lack of training, discipline, plain and simple. Also, Chechins less and less part of Jihad, attrition and all that, more and more Arabs who come in through Georgia (which US give monies to stop that...so much for investment). Arabs kill locals as much as Federal forces. In last incursion to Daghistan, Arabs shoot all Chechins in group when trying to escape, Chechins want surrender. Chechins know they might get jail or beaten, but most likely live to stand trial...Arabs on other hand are meat, so they shoot Chechins selves....and in end still become meat.