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The problem is, Lebell...
As much as they promot the thinking soldier - the fact of the matter is, the soldier is going to take orders - again, as i said, unless the rebels are absolutely obviously right, there are only going to be deserters and dissenters in the military - the rest may very well listen to the gov't becuase they say they are defending the constitution.
It sounds whack or out of sci-fi, but think about it...
In years the military technology will be stronger - no doubt about it. Training in civilian warfare will be greater - city warfare and what not. Robot and automated machines for weapons will be much more around. Not to mention mass media has made propaganda and "population control" easier.
One can say its already occured - using fears (lets say 9/11) to get thigns passed that may infringe upon civil liberties (patriot acts as an example of one listed).
The thing that does scare me though, is the fact that many people (hell even on this board) are almost robot-like in their stances - they always agree with certain things, always stand the same way on certain grounds, and will willingly fight for a gov't thats even wrong but says its right (yes the iraq war is a matter of perspective, but the thing is, a wrong thing in the future that is truly wrong can be made right by one's perspective) - does make tyranny much easier in the future.
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