Re: Low Tech Scenarios

You wrote: 

>Just look at the Russians versus the Afghan Tribesmen for that.  I'm 
not an >expert on it by any means but it looked to me like the Russians 
took a >hammering despite having the better technology.  

Sure.  But you can look at:

Boers vs. Brits
Zulus vs. Same
Assorted Indians vs. US
Afghans vs. Brits (second go-round, first was a bit unsat)
Assorted Indians (subcontinental, not American) vs. Brits
Tartars vs. Russians
Assorted Africans vs. Assorted Europeans
Chinese vs. Brits
Spartacus vs. Romans
Jews vs. Romans
Serbs vs. Ottomans
FMLN vs. El Salvador
NLF vs. USA (Special Case--but after '68, not a single NLF operation 
was launched.  PAVN only)

and a _LOT_ of other cases where insurgents got their ears pinned back 
regardless of technology.  A sucessful insurgency requires massive 
external support, internal political troubles among the regular 
government, and a willingness to take horiffic casualties.  Even when a 
guerilla war is sucessful, the nation is so often wrecked so badly that 
it's essentially meaningless.

Guerilla warfare is NOT a magic bullet, and can be easily defeated if 
you've got the political will to do so.  And it seems to me that most 
of the Great Powers of the Dirtside/Stargrunt/Full Thrust universe have 
the will in spades.

John M. Atkinson