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Merlin Dorfman <dorfman@netcom.com> wrote:
> John "E.R." Jasen (jjasen1@umbc.edu) wrote:
> : I'd like you to, at the very least, consider the actions of the partisans
> : in Europe, during WWII; the actions of the Warsaw Ghetto Jews in the same;
> : the actions of the Chinese Communists against the Japanese in the same;
> : the actions of the Chinese Communists against the Nationalist Army after
> : WWII; the actions of the IRA against the British; the actions of the PLO
> : against Israel; the actions of the Viet Cong and NVA against the French
> : and United States; the actions of the Algerian nationals against the
> : French ...
> 
>      I'm not saying guerilla wars cannot be won, or at least 
> stalemated which in the long run might be just as good.  I'm saying
> that in a war between a US military that is 100% loyal to the
> government and some armed civilians in the US, the military would
> win, but the destruction of property and among non-participating
> civilians would be horrendous.

Define "some."

I maintain that, if ten percent of the US population actively decided to
overthrow the government, that the conclusion is inevitable, even if 100%
of the military, National Guard, and reserves sided with the government.

That would be on the order of 10 to 1 against the military, and they don't
have to play by the rules [see my comments on shards of glass in MREs and
klaatu's brief discourse on biological warfare].

That's the point that needs to be understood, and, in a roundabout way, it
helps explain why the 2nd Amendment is important -- it highlights the
basic fact that the government teeters precariously upon the goodwill of
the people.

--
"Frankly, Agent Mulder, alien abduction is the more believable option."
			Agent Skinner, X-Files, 3/09/98 [paraphrase] 
-- John E. Jasen  // DNRC Ambassador to Earth \\  jjasen1@umbc.edu --
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