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[Major Robert Dump]

Afghanistan is some of the most rocky and inhospitable terrain there is on the planet. The populace is some of the most irrepressible and hardy peoples on the planet. I doubt Americans - or most other western peoples - would put up with what they do.
The armies of all powers have been fighting with one hand tied behind their back. The population hasn't been rounded up and controlled. The locals are still trusted. Most cases where insurgents have been beaten has involved rounding up the entire populace and concentrating it and throttling the life out of the opposition. Be that the British vs the Boers or the Soviets against Latvians.
The number of soldiers present in Afghanistan in numbers compared to the size of the country is tiny.
The borders are utterly porous with fighters slipping in both directions when beneficial.

There might be several countries willing to help insurgents. However, most would also be rightfully concerned about what happens if the USA government wins. Getting supplies in would be problematic, considering the infrastructure the USA has to monitor borders.

I think you are still ignoring the level of defection and deserters and "civilian acquisitions of military grade weapons" that would occur in the event of some sort of military control of the civilian population.

It already happens in small doses in relation to operations in foreign lands, with whistleblowers and people who refuse an order on the grounds that it is either unlawful or reckless (This happens far more than people think).

While I was not there personally, my unit had a heavy presence at Katrina. New Orelans police drew down on National Guardsmen at one point, when the Guardsmen tried to bust up some Cops Gone Wild action involving wal mart, a pharmacy and some black folks skulls.

We cannot even get the multiple military branches to agree and cooperate on some of the most straighforward joint missions, thinking that they will suddenly come together to rape and pillage their own country is absured, even more absurd when you consider that at any given time, roughly half of the military will not approve of the current administration.