They also recruit us to attack them to drum up more tax money and votes for increased law enforcement to keep people safe.

I'm not saying use of force is something we should eschew entirely. I am, however, saying that it's silly to fight head to head when you can take pot shots from the trees, or the tunnels, and live to fight another day.

And meanwhile, to build sustainable means of production.

What people forget sometimes in Gaza is that their weapons are almost exclusively all homemade, in the tunnel network. For whatever aid they may or may not get internationally, their ability to soldier on has come from having their logistics addressed first. Perhaps it helps that the excessive amount of firepower directed at them results in enough ordnance to last them decades. But they're still the ones fashioning it into useful form.

Personally, I haven't seen that any American resistance force can really say the same. I have, however, seen Americans ready to turn each other in for the slightest infractions, and eat up divisive rhetoric like it was their last meal.

Building out a foundation to defend from is crucial, or you're just spraying and praying behind enemy lines.

First step is, stop paying real goods and labor into their money. And meanwhile, construct parallel systems of value. Educate and build antifragile systems and communities.

And sure, if a sane tactical opportunity involving violence presents itself that aligns with a grand strategy, you take it.

But never at the expense of sound logistics.