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What do you think these guys are going to do, line up and wait to be carpet bombed? Guys who are essentially illiterate farmers have managed to keep insurgenci
by Merad 10y ago
What do you think these guys are going to do, line up and wait to be carpet bombed? Guys who are essentially illiterate farmers have managed to keep insurgencies going against the US military for around 15 years in Iraq/Afghanistan. There's not an unreasonable chance that the dumb rednecks of Texas could do as well. But, these guys aren't all dumb rednecks - they're going to have support from a decent amount of people with US military, national guard, police, etc. experience. No one is claiming that they're going to march on DC and take over the country, but they could certainly turn sections of the US into something akin to the Syria/Iraq civil war situation.
- cbanek 10y agoI'm not saying they're dumb, you're right many people will have law enforcement and military experience. But they simply won't be equipped and supplied like normal forces, and I think that's the key difference. And yes, I agree that there could be a strong resistance movement to whatever happens by armed citizens, since guns are everywhere.
- smileysteve 10y agoViet Cong, French Indian War, George Washington, County Jones, and Benjamin Martin are just a few times in American History where a lack of arms or training did not result as you're expecting.
- ryanmarsh 10y agoIt's amazing how quickly you can teach someone how to handle themselves in a combat situation when their life depends on it. We're talking days.
- pottersbasilisk 10y agoYea, I can tell you its already happening in PA.
- flukus 10y agoA lot of those are poor examples because the gap between s peasant and a professional soldier has become much larger over time, particularly over the last century.
- jdietrich 10y agoIraq, Afghanistan, Syria.