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Originally Posted by debaser
The people of Iraq have stopped us cold with much less than what Americans have in thier gun safes.
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Yeah. They got lucky. Don Rumsfeld was in charge and made a mess of everything. They managed to hold off a vastly undersized army that was lead by an idiot. Plus, they didn't exactly stop us cold. We were knocking on Saddam's palace door pretty damn quick after the start of the war. You forget the early days of the war when the air force was being used. The bombers, and the missiles, made hash out of that country's defenses. They folded like a card table.
Oh, and as to the bit about them having less than what Americans have in their gun safes, normal Americans have a rifle or three in there. They do not have improvised explosive devices, AK-47's, or rocket launchers.
Your entire statement falls apart.
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Don't forget, the idea is not to be able to defeat the government, you could never predict that. It is to be a deterent to the government, just like an armed society is a deterent to criminals.
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What deterrant? The government wasn't deterred going into Iraq, which was able to put up a much greater defense than the civilians in our country ever could. If the government wants to get us, a few dinks with popguns isn't going to make them stop and think.