🚀 go-pugleaf

George Worley wrote:
> 
> In article <6pig1h$fll@umbc8.umbc.edu>
> on 27 Jul 1998 14:14:09 -0400, jjasen1@umbc.edu (John "E.R." Jasen)
> wrote:
> 
> >Merlin Dorfman <dorfman@netcom.com> wrote:
> >>      If for some reason the armed forces did get into a  war with
> >> armed civilians, the armed forces would win easily and the destruction
> >> of life and property in the country would be enormous.
> >
> >Ummm ... No. Even if the military 100% sided with the government, the
> >conclusion would be the inevitable destruction of the armed forces, then
> >whatever is left of the government.
> 
> Being a military brat and served in the military, I beg to differ with
> you.  The military can and would win a "war" if the citizen illegally
> rebelled.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> >You might want to understand warfare before making such a claim again.
> 
> Being that I have been around the military for a good majority of my
> life, I do understand warfare and in the current state of civilians
> bring arms against the government... my money is on the military.

But the point here is really this: most of the military would in any case be
fighting for the ideal of "America". And they'd clearly know that if they
tried to suppress a universal revolt, what would be left would be nothing like
the ideal they'd fought for... and so you'd not only have a 250 to 1
population difference, much of it armed, to suppress, but also a war against
the ideals that the military professes to serve. I guess they'd lose because
they wouldn't really want to win.

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