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Split yes, down the middle or remotely evenly who knows. A confounding factor is that both the US and UK militaries have been fighting extended insurrection 'p
by noir_lord 7y ago
Split yes, down the middle or remotely evenly who knows.
A confounding factor is that both the US and UK militaries have been fighting extended insurrection 'policing' actions for much of the last two decades, so you have an army that is used to been an occupying force.
All that said a smart military commander would never use local troops in their own backyard anyway.
- inflatableDodo 7y ago>All that said a smart military commander would never use local troops in their own backyard anyway. Is why the local regiments were confined to barracks, the last time the UK felt the need to put tanks on the streets of Glasgow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_George_Square https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_George_Square
- noir_lord 7y agoFunnily enough that was what I was thinking about when I wrote my post.
- inflatableDodo 7y agoDon't you just love it when that happens. We may have to get better at it though. It may be the only way around the surveillance balloons.