A handful of guys can't just start torturing their neighbors and espousing a foreign ideology. That'll cause the government to come kick their teeth in. Unless it's in an oil rich country, then it'll cause Western governments to come kick their teeth in.
I set the conditions in which it works, and gave examples. You're being obtuse because you love to argue, even with people who don't care. BTW Small Wars Journal is full of articles about the Dhofar Rebellion because every suckup, COIN-koolaid drinking Army officer in Iraq that wanted to impress Petraeus liked to compare their province to it.