Think,
"Blowback" means the flames of the fire in the figters hearts are still burning! What do wolves do? In the end, the living remaineder vanquished wolves submits without any vestige of pride, dignity or fight. That is also true of the Republican Presidential Candidiates of 2016, who when soundly beaten, commenced to flatter, praise and support him as the unquestioned leader of the pack!
...and look at history:
1,
Indochina Fighting dragged on many years, since the North Vietnames were not ever overwhelmed and destroyed.
America came, then also lost since, in the end, even with brutality, (but with "rules of war"), was utterly humiliated and its army totally withdrew.
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King Hussein's Massacre of the Palestinians: The Palestinians continue, as the Israelis don't wipe them out, just mildly punished them them.
However, in the almost successful Palestinian revolution in Jordan,
(Black September),, an existential threat to the Hashemite King, uprising and terrorism were brutally extinguished by massacre of up to tens of thousands of Palestiunians. That overwhelming reaction showed King Hussein's unlimited ruthlessness.
(Syrian Army columns with their Palstinians rumbled in from the North to support the local Palestinian "Fedayin", but air power from Jordan or more likely from Israel, made them turn an flee)
Sure, the Black September movement got revenge in asassinating the Jordanian Prime minister, but in reality, there has been no significant "Blowback". With sufficent merciless brutality, the enemy is cowed. But being so brutal is beyond us now for civilized countires.
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Even though Palestinians are a majority in Jordan, since that time, they dont lift a finger against the Hashemites, as the were utterly crushed.
3.
The Conquistadors in South America salughtered the Emperor, Kings and their soldiers. Then they helped themselves to bundles of women for ultiple wives. So. complete was their power, that in some areas there is no presence of male aboriginal male chromosomes, as the invaders dominated the mating with their women.
So there is no lingering South American culture of any importance. Women stop at the pealing patina of an old building an recognize the figure of Mother Mary. This vision brings an investigator from Rome who, finding a local "miracle", the building wall is declared a Holy Shrine and the Catholic replacement of local culture is renewed.
Why has there been no successful blowback in hundreds of years? Because the Catholic invaders were prepared to utterly destroy vestages of local culture and any residula will.
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The Sack of Jerusalem by Titus The Romans burny everything, cruicified 250,000 men, took captive slaves andf the treasure of the Temple to Rome in a triumphant celebration, as illustrated in the Arch of Titus. From then onward, the leader of the Jews in Rome had to kiss the newly installed Pope's feet and present a copy of the Bible and swear an
"oath of obeisance". So not only ruthessness, but also abject humiation as well, are tools for preventing "Blowback".
However, the Jews had writing and managed to keep all their literature which spread far beyond ancient Israel and Judea givng rise to modern Judaism and identity.
When and if the songs and poems are forgotten, another people has been exterminated!
With sufficent ruthlessness and compete humiiation, there is seldom blowback. That is why grain-rich Ukraine, couldn't stand up to Stalin, who simply straved them to death by conviscating their food! In ancient times, The Egyptian army subdued enemies by burning to the ground all their graneries. No grain, no revolution!
Asher