they broke off like that because out of 120k, only 40k were combat ready and spread through the country. the other 80k were only in the army to extort the citizens of the country and enjoy the paycheck and authority. imagine you command 2000 men and tell them to hold a perimeter just for 1500 of them to leave after you estabilished exactly where each one needed to go for it to work. there's still some saa forces making their last stands in pockets through the country. had these loyal forces all consolidated, things might had been different. couple that with the fact that the hts got some 20k experienced "volunteers" who had drills and battleplans regarding the invasion and we got what we got.
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