- Ho Chi Minh led a pre-existing country (North Vietnam) aided by outsidersworkd for ho chi minh.
worked for mao zedong.
worled for eritrea.
- Mao waited for Chang Kai Shek to tire his forces out against Japan and was aided heavily by the USSR
- Eritrea is led by Orthodox gaalo and had been fighting since 1961 and had the TPLF and OLF as allies
- The Taliban's predecessors were armed to the teeth by the US to clean out the Russians
SL has never had any comparable arms influx or degree of foreign backing compared to any of these 4 above nor was our aim initially to even leave Somalia.