In my head canon the Jaffa were used as more of a source of projecting power and fear but not so much being used to wage war in the sense that we wage war. They aren't actually trying to win a war by military tactics, it's more of a distraction from boredom since they're thousands of years old.
Something like the Goa'uld is playing high stakes chess and have to play by their own rules, while SG1 doesn't play by their preset rules and plays to win.