I should explain. Resistance is part of the culture of living on the Central Plateau. People on the Plateau have a tradition of standing up for what they feel is right - and this has often left them marginalized by the central government. The marines were very active on the Plateau during the occupation (longer than Vietnam!). The Marines forced plateau residents to work on the roads without payment, saying it was for their own good. It was basically slavery - but they resisted. Back then, they would have probably been called insurgents. But they reisted the marines, they resisted dictatorships, they stood up for governments that they felt represented them, and resisted those they felt did not. That is what I should have said. Thanks for pointint out.