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In the US’s case, we have a guns vs. armored vehicles and tanks. While better than being unarmed, unclear how much self defense Americans have against a militar
by sebleon 8y ago
In the US’s case, we have a guns vs. armored vehicles and tanks. While better than being unarmed, unclear how much self defense Americans have against a militarized domestic police force [1]
[1] https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/do-not-resist-and-the-crisis-of-police-militarization https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/do-not-resist-and-t...
- slededit 8y agoThe US military has performed poorly in every guerrilla war they've participated in. Your chances of success are better than you think.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> The US military has performed poorly in every guerrilla war they've participated in. They've done pretty well in every one they've fought within the territorial boundaries of what is now the US. Farther afield, less so.
- Semirhage 8y agoIn other words, they do well only when they’re the ones fighting as guerillas.
- dragonwriter 8y agoThey weren't the guerillas in the Indian Wars.
- Semirhage 8y agoNor did they do particularly well, or fight it alone. You’re talking about a couple of hundred years of fighting at least, more like three hundred. I’m sure that given a similar time frame, the US could “win” in Iraq too.