Superdooper@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 month 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-21 month agomessage-square122fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoFighting guerilla forces on foreign land is a completely different context
minus-squareCatsPajamas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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-up0·1 month 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-up1·1 month agoI mean you know that literally all of those wars had collaborators. Entire collaborationist states, in large part. It didn’t help South Vietnam.
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.