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Originally Posted by Mumitroll
not at all. for example, the Mongols had conquered practically all of the Russian empire and controlled it successfully for quite a long time (about 2 centuries). with way more primitive technical means, obviously. check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire
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That same empire lost to the tiny country of Vietnam who used the mentioned strategy in a much smaller territory, not once but three times.
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lol no. by that logic all of US wars since 1941 - including large ones like the wars in Vietnam or Korea - would not be wars but rather "some kind of fighting".
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Technically, ye, those had never been "war." They did not fit the just war tradition. Conflict is a better term