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Old 05-27-2004, 03:47 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally posted by shakran
That's absurd. The idea that the people could stop an oppressive government was fine when armies mainly had muskets and rifles that were pretty much identical to what the peasants had.


Then you don't understand the function of the infantry.


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