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Article #2316Re: What Do Dictators Fear Most? GUNS in the hands of the People! Isnt that right Mr. Castro???????? Re: Shooting At The ...
From: Merlin Dorfman
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 00:00
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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.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,d42fe62ee5e527b0 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: 109097,d42fe62ee5e527b0 X-Google-Attributes: gid109097,public X-Google-Thread: 104ad1,d42fe62ee5e527b0 X-Google-Attributes: gid104ad1,public X-Google-Thread: 103916,3609fa49f6d075bb X-Google-Attributes: gid103916,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,d42fe62ee5e527b0 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public From: dorfman@netcom.com (Merlin Dorfman) Subject: Re: What Do Dictators Fear Most? GUNS in the hands of the People! Isnt that right Mr. Castro???????? Re: Shooting At The Capital Date: 1998/07/28 Message-ID: <dorfmanEwtC2A.2x4@netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 375699777 Sender: dorfman@netcom2.netcom.com References: <35B8FC90.1756EF4B@flash.net> <35ca1d0a.103385539@wingate> <35BBC2E9.B5492370@csi.com> <35dea8b7.270219321@wingate> <6pksvr$on6@umbc8.umbc.edu> Organization: Netcom On-Line Services Followup-To: tx.general,houston.general,dfw.general,ca.general,dc.general Newsgroups: tx.general,houston.general,dfw.general,ca.general,dc.general