Superdooper@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-211 days agoWhy don't protestors who oppose Trump/ICE open carry their guns to prevent what's currently occuring in the US ie kidnapping, assaults etc?message-squaremessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up154arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't protestors who oppose Trump/ICE open carry their guns to prevent what's currently occuring in the US ie kidnapping, assaults etc?Superdooper@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-211 days agomessage-square122fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCatsPajamas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoCan you name me the last war that America won against a committed population armed with small arms? I can’t. Because it’s never happened.
minus-squareBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoFighting guerilla forces on foreign land is a completely different context
minus-squareCatsPajamas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoWhy? If the population here was as committed as a population overseas I hardly see what the difference is, besides the fact that Americans are way better armed.
minus-squareBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoA military fighting on their own soil is going to be much stronger infrastructure- and intelligence-wise vs. if they’re fighting on foreign soil
minus-squareCatsPajamas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoI mean you know that literally all of those wars had collaborators. Entire collaborationist states, in large part. It didn’t help South Vietnam.
Can you name me the last war that America won against a committed population armed with small arms?
I can’t. Because it’s never happened.
Fighting guerilla forces on foreign land is a completely different context
Why? If the population here was as committed as a population overseas I hardly see what the difference is, besides the fact that Americans are way better armed.
A military fighting on their own soil is going to be much stronger infrastructure- and intelligence-wise vs. if they’re fighting on foreign soil
I mean you know that literally all of those wars had collaborators. Entire collaborationist states, in large part. It didn’t help South Vietnam.