Re:Why I Am An Anarchist
by pavel_lishin on Tuesday October 26, 2010 @11:25AM
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I don't think assault weapons would do much, either. Don't bring a machine gun to a tank fight.
Machine guns are pretty handy for guerilla warfare.
Tanks, not so much.
Re:Why I Am An Anarchist
by pavel_lishin on Tuesday October 26, 2010 @12:27PM
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That was just an example. Others include:
* helicopters
* jet airplanes
* satellites
* artillery
* light armored vehicles
* unmanned drones
etc.
As a side note, I fucking hate HN's formatting.
With or without all those weapons, an ethnic cleansing operation becomes markedly more difficult when the local population all have assault weapons and training in how to use them...
Re:Why I Am An Anarchist
by trafficlight on Tuesday October 26, 2010 @12:47PM
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The US military has all of those things and yet the Iraqi resistance still put up a good fight.
Re:Why I Am An Anarchist
by semanticist on Tuesday October 26, 2010 @04:54PM
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Because the coalition forces in Iraq aren't engaged in ethnic cleansing. If they weren't worried about killing civilians and looking bad on the news, they could probably level most of the country.
If this was the case, then personal handguns should be made illegal, and assault weapons should be available to all with appropriate training.
Handguns aren't going to do much if the US government decides to ethnically cleanse a state.