The Historical Role That Roads Have Played In Counterinsurgencies

From The Belmont Club:

A video captured from the Taliban in Afghanistan illustrates the power of electronic warfare. The enemy is using a cell phone to trigger an IED on American convoys. But the Americans have their own wizardry. Their vehicles are blanketed by an electronic jamming bubble. Watch as the Taliban try to blow up American vehicles traveling along the strategic Pech River road without success. Not even praying to Allah helps.

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My Comment: One can say the same thing about the internet, and other "electronic roads" of communication.