Postby SultanOrder » Tue May 20, 2014 4:42 pm
They won't be defeated until they don't have the ability to fight no more. If their revenues shrink, they let go of forces, which is the forces that turn themselves over or k just go home. But as soon as they have more revenue they can quickly grow back up. Alshabaab do not thin themselves out, and they don't wager to many fonts, that is why their is only a few hot spots. Also, when confronted with overwhelming force they retreat. They learned their mistake from Xamar by contesting it for too long and wasting too much of their resources, a mistake they have never repeated. This why they left Baraawe and Kismaayo so quickly. This also why the govt Amisom move so slow. Because if you capture a town you have to have enough forces to hold it, since you have no place to concentrate all your forces against, this why these types of wars take forever to win and in some countries rebels have been able to fight for decades.
