🚀 go-pugleaf

George Worley <gworley@brokersys.com> wrote:
> In article <35BE38C0.C3318E84@clark.net>
> on Tue, 28 Jul 1998 16:46:56 -0400, klaatu <klaatu@clark.net> wrote:
> 
> >Merlin Dorfman wrote:
> >> 
> >> John "E.R." Jasen (jjasen1@umbc.edu) wrote:
> >> 
> >> : A squad of soldiers, in the field, conducting operations, would probably
> >> : be more than a bit to chew on for civilian revolutionaries.
> >> 
> >> : That same squad, in an offbase bar, would be cooked meat for one civilian
> >> : revolutionary with a molotav cocktail, or for a few who know how to cook
> >> : up explosives.
> >> 
> >> : A platoon of tanks would be a truly unhappy experience to deal with, on
> >> : the field of battle, if all the opposition had were firearms and
> >> : homecooked explosives.
> >> 
> >> : Tanks don't work as well if the commander, gunner and driver were murdered
> >> : in their sleep the night before, or if the tanks were sabotaged or
> >> : destroyed be infiltrators before they reached the field of battle.
> >> 
> >> : Same with aircraft.
> >> 
> >>      etc. etc.
> >>      I think you've watched "Red Dawn" one time too many.
> >
> >I think yiu haven't watched it enough. Ever heard of the Mujaheddin, for
> >example?
> 
> Me thinks that you live in some fantasy world that only works in the
> movies.  I being a veteran and a son of 30 year high decorated soldier
> living on military bases most of my life know as soon as the first
> post is attacked or the first soldier is downed by a illegal action
> such as you are advocating... all military bases and personnel will be
> placed on full alert status and total lock down of secured sites such
> as our nuclear silos, Norad, ammunition sites.  

Ahh, so you cede that, in order for the military to survive such an
uprising, they'd have to hunker down on their bases, and basically adopt a
siege mentality?

Indeed, while that would provide for the military for a while, I think the
government behind it would be unhappy, as the rebels would then have run
of the country.

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