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Historical and logistical context aside, 1765 vs modern weaponry and war waging abilities, are you joking? The ability for militias with small arms to fight our
by wDcBKgt66V8WDs 7y ago
Historical and logistical context aside, 1765 vs modern weaponry and war waging abilities, are you joking? The ability for militias with small arms to fight our own military has been a joke for several decades.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y agoCan you explain to me then why Vietnam is a communist country? As I recall, they were able to cause quite a lot of trouble for the US military and its modern weaponry and war waging abilities with pretty much nothing but small arms.
- wDcBKgt66V8WDs 7y agoAgain, a completely different historical and logistical context, keep up the straw men!
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y agoWay to do some explaining there. How is it different?
- wDcBKgt66V8WDs 7y agoThis is not a conducive medium to either of us swaying each other on any small point nevermind the larger argument so I'm leaving it here.
- dsfyu404ed 7y ago>modern weaponry and war waging abilities, are you joking? The Taliban aren't joking. You are grossly under-estimating what it takes to fight an insurgency. A military fighting in the same country on which it depends is vulnerable to attacks and sabotage on all its support infrastructure. You can't just carpet bomb areas of resistance because that creates more resistance elsewhere or destroy the country you're trying to control. It's a hard problem and on some level you have to get people on "your side" to win in any sort of long term sense.
- ra1n85 7y agoAmazed this was downvoted. The willingness to ignore history because it doesn’t fit in with some folks’ perception of the world is fully on display here.
- vageli 7y agoHow can you say this given the fact that America is still at war in Afghanistan?
- Grakel 7y agoThe Taliban were scheduled to be at Camp David last week. Why? The AK-47.