lets pretend we are only dealing with telephone wires since anything bigger is likely to be less hidden and possibly (in a civilised country ) be marked on a map
Sorry Crab....but right there is where I quit reading. That is a false assumption upon which you attempt to build your case.
Now in addition to that....there might have to be some stipulation to whether the USA can be considered a civilized country....but that is not why your premise is at fault.
I believe B.H. Liddell Hart summed it up this way........
"The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out."