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Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
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Wed, 18 Jun 2003 16:14:07 GMT
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> > Right, but is it a sustained military action (a la Desert Storm Part Deux)
> > or is it an episodic conflict? Do you see the difference?
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> If they could stop it through sustained military action, why didn't they?
Oh, the Israeli army could stop it using military action. Just line every one
up and murder them. That'd stop the problem using "military" action.
They are acting restrained. They are not using Napalm on the entire west bank,
or suchlike...or taking hostages to prevent bombings (I don't think it would
work, given the mindset of those who they are opposing...)
> Anything man-portable can not be misused in an extreme fashion by one crazy
> person. However when hundreds and thousands of people organize together they
> can form a successful force to deal with any illegal government activites.
I think you grossly understate the skill level required (to use them to defeat a
military force), and the level of caos that would result from the widespread
availablilty of "man portable" weapons systems. Imagine if the 20 terrorists
from 9/11 had had Stingers instead, and gotten away to down A/C 2 or 3
times...or, your local kook gets one, and takes out a nice little 747 because he
feels like it today (those inner voices were telling him to do it...).
James Powell
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