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Re:The Unmarked Federal Agents Occupying Washington, D.C by kcb on Friday June 05, 2020 @01:55PM (#23431596)
Now compare the casualties between the US and Afghanistan or Iraq.
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Re:The Unmarked Federal Agents Occupying Washington, D.C by drak0n1c on Friday June 05, 2020 @03:22PM (#23432725)
In a civil-war scenario, that level of destruction would be suicide for a government's economic and international survival and cause mass military desertion/defection. That counts as deterrence.
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Re:The Unmarked Federal Agents Occupying Washington, D.C by 8note on Friday June 05, 2020 @05:53PM (#23434465)
The US does not count mercenary deaths as casualties IIRC
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Re:The Unmarked Federal Agents Occupying Washington, D.C by gowld on Friday June 05, 2020 @07:52PM (#23435326)
Wikipedia does.
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