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Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by goatinaboat on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @11:16AM (#21126246)
the government will win in the game of “who has more guns and power”, just as it would in the USA

After Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq it literally boggles my mind that anyone still believes that.

In fact Afghanistan twice, the Mujaheddin defeated the Soviets the same way.

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Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @11:35AM (#21126538)
Well... the mujaheddin had US-supplied shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles. That did help them a bit...
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Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by goatinaboat on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @05:18PM (#21130788)
True, but the US has more helicopters than the Soviets, and the Taliban don’t have Stingers anymore, and they’ll still be there long after the US has quit

“You have the watches, but we have the time”

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