1983_11 The Daily Collegian November 1983

              Nov. 10,1983
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Guerrilla
warfare
defined
By WillUm Rehart
Contributing writer
In Ihe world today, peasants, workers,
and average citizen) of any given slate
have a new final option for resolving
their conflicts wilh their government —
guerrilla warfare
The concept of guerrilla war is important for us lo understand if we are to
even begin to understand Third World
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Perhaps some day the Collegian could
devote time and consideration to those
who have alternative ways of dealing
wilh world conflict than the old military
ones that threaten the survival of all of
approach   lo
produccan article worth) of the mentality
of CSUF students
Laura D. Corsentino
Bruce Terrence
called on by my country..."
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interests." even if that means the overwhelming majority of the people in such
countries will continue to endure poverty, disease, hunger and ignorance
because of such exploitation...as long as
my country says to.
"If I'm called on by my country..."
...I will say and do as my fellow
soldier quoted in Sunday's Bee "my job
is to kill people and destroy things,"
wheneverand wherever his country says
Editor, the Collegian:
1 am writing in response to The Daily
Collegian's Nov. 3 story regarding the
Health Center's practice of the dispensation of oral contraceptives.
I was extremely disappointed wilh
the sens' ional nature of this article.
Rather ihan presenting the information
in an intelligent, enlightened style, the
author resorted to reducing it to a
childish bit of "name-calling"fluff. This
did nothing but make Terri Hamilton
and Dr. Schilling appear to be pushy,
unaware and uninformed alarmists.
The subject matter of thii article is
not only timely, but important and very
necessary. The Health Center's practice
of dispensing drugs, including the pill,
needs to be evaluated as does the a ware -
Panelist's conduct
Ediior. the Collegian:
I attended the recent "Teach In "on
South America in the CU.
There was. in my opinion, a lot of
good information being presented and
as such I left feeling more informed on
ihe subject than when I arrived. However, I was appalled at the behavior of
one of the pane! members.
In two incidents individuals brought
up the subject of multinationals and
jheir roles in South America. These
question were asked in a sincere manner
and warranted sincere answers.
They were met instead by disbelieving
laughs from the "South American Support Committee" members (front row,
left) and by sarcastic counter questions
from a panel member. Such conduct is
at very least unnecessary and unpro-
(1 didn't catch this fellow's name but
so as to avoid implicating the entire
panel it was the grey-haired fellow with
the beard.)
In my opinion, if this gentleman (and
I use the term loosely) cant find in him-
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begin to attempt to gain the confidence
and respect of the people. The use of
propaganda becomes very important as
they try to educate the people as to the
aims of their revolt.
For the guerrillas this is a critical
During this time the execution and/ oi
torture of one or two of the guerrillas is
usually planned, thus making the guerrillas look like patriots and freedom-
fighters, while the government becomes
a symbol of oppression to the people.
If the guerrillas gain the respect and
allegiance of the people then they become
the leaders of that community and the
government has lost control over an
area. The real trick to it is to make it so
the government doesn't even realize that
it is losing the trust and confidence of its
Once a base area is secure the guerrillas move on to neighboring villages,
slums, and ghettos and repeat the first
steps. As the guerrilla units travel about
the countryside, lines of communication are set up to maintain rapid contact
between the base areas. Once a predetermined set of base areas are secured,
all villagers and workers are drafted for
total war against the government.
A reign of terror is declared against
the government. Ambush, assasination,
terror bombing, and other violent acts
are used against the government and its
These actions will destroy national
security and thus the confidence and
trust of the people toward their
government.
Once the government goes on the defensive it is only a matter of time before
the guerrillas take over. In past history
once this point has been reached no
guerrilla organization has ever lost,
because time is on the tide of the guerrillas. The guerrilla leadership now begins
-to direct their propaganda at world
opinion. The guerrillas use their propaganda to show that they are patriots,
fighting for the people of their country.
As the war drags on, the people will
grow weary of the ongoing violence.
Calls for a negotiated settlement
between the government and the guerrillas will occur.
Once the government begins negotiating with the guerrillas the war is |
over, because it will become obvious to ,
the people — even the government sup- '
porters —that the government is incap- '
able of controlling tbe majority of its
people. It obviously can't contain the
situation, if it could the government
wouldn't be in negotiations with the
guerrillas. The guerrilla army is victorious, its leadership seizes power, and the
revolution is successful.
It should be noted at this point, however, that this type of war can be as short
as one or two years or last as long as 23
to 30 years. It all depends on the situa-
sion and the competency of the people
involved.
This formula for guerrilla warfare has
become the basis for all the successful
revolutions since the end of World W»r
II. with the exception of Eastern
Europe; which was either due to the
Soviet-Union or, as in the case of Yugos-
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and accept or reject the case "Tom
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Senate."
With this exception, nations such as
China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Angola,
Zimbabwe, Cuba, Nicaragua, Libya,
and Mozambique are all examples of
successful guerrilla revolutions based    Advising, days 80t
on this pattern. The office of Adviling and orient.
Although these tactics are designed ation will hold two Advising Days for
specifically for use in poor countries, it new undergraduate students — both
would not be terribly difficult to imagine freshmen' and transfers — Wednesday
suchatypeofwarfaretobeadaptedfor and Jan. 17. A $10 fee is required,
a large modern industrial area such as Reservations should be made with Peg
Western Europe or even the United Hayward. coordinator of new student
States. orientation, at 294-2924.
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