THe first thing that came to my mind was exactly what Oerdin said. I hope it isn't so, but I think the WORST kind of way to deal with the situation is to relax and think something significant has happened, something that we can 't locate.
It isn't any conventional army people are fighting there. It's insurgency, guerilla forces, whatever you want to call it. There's many reasons why they would lay low for a while, and none of them are positive considering peace, unless they're beaten, which they aren't.
For those not getting the obvious, there's few things that could be going on in the silence before the storm. They might be regrouping in bigger scale or changing some strategies, pressure points, re-organizing or just stocking up for a bigger offensive. Or they can be taking a breather in front of a bigger opposition as of now, because the advantage they have is to pick their fights, so that's exactly what they'll do, have been doing and are going to do.
The number of scenarios where this is a good thing is simply lower at this stage. But it is the perfect time to establish as much control as possible, so isntead of thinking wow, they changed their minds and being a gullible idiot it's the time to take the most benefit from this.
So, if there's no intensified violence between now and the new year, THEN I'd be looking into an actual relaxation. Another thing, way worrying, is the lay down of weapons until the coalition forces pull out, which is followed by intensified violence. Strategically, the best thing to do would be to get the coalition out and duke it out with the locals and win the power in that one.
So. I'd wait a bit more and establish control as much as possible at this point and use heightened intelligence gathering in order to be not caught in the aftermath of new offense. Of course it is something we should all hope that the this stage becomes the new status and rather not just the silence before the storm so... here's hoping this situation is handled with common sense and nto some make belief ****, where gullible idiots will be raped as a result.
It isn't any conventional army people are fighting there. It's insurgency, guerilla forces, whatever you want to call it. There's many reasons why they would lay low for a while, and none of them are positive considering peace, unless they're beaten, which they aren't.
For those not getting the obvious, there's few things that could be going on in the silence before the storm. They might be regrouping in bigger scale or changing some strategies, pressure points, re-organizing or just stocking up for a bigger offensive. Or they can be taking a breather in front of a bigger opposition as of now, because the advantage they have is to pick their fights, so that's exactly what they'll do, have been doing and are going to do.
The number of scenarios where this is a good thing is simply lower at this stage. But it is the perfect time to establish as much control as possible, so isntead of thinking wow, they changed their minds and being a gullible idiot it's the time to take the most benefit from this.
So, if there's no intensified violence between now and the new year, THEN I'd be looking into an actual relaxation. Another thing, way worrying, is the lay down of weapons until the coalition forces pull out, which is followed by intensified violence. Strategically, the best thing to do would be to get the coalition out and duke it out with the locals and win the power in that one.
So. I'd wait a bit more and establish control as much as possible at this point and use heightened intelligence gathering in order to be not caught in the aftermath of new offense. Of course it is something we should all hope that the this stage becomes the new status and rather not just the silence before the storm so... here's hoping this situation is handled with common sense and nto some make belief ****, where gullible idiots will be raped as a result.
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