Hi John & welcome,

As to this:

However, I submit that careful analysis must be conducted to ensure that we do not misconstrue aims and objectives between political and ideological based insurgencies.
What is your distinction between a politically-based insugency and an ideologically-based insugency ?

Yes, by all means keep the diet you feed me simple - a couple of examples of each would suffice.

Oh, and, another question: Do you feel that distinction is important to the practitioner at the basic local tactical level; and, if so, why ?

Regards

Mike