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Originally Posted by cykoe6
Tell that to the Viet Cong or the Sunni insurgents in Iraq. It is extremely difficult to defeat a well armed guerrilla insurgency on their own territory. Additionally in an all out civil war it is usually very difficult to keep all of the armed forces loyalty to central authority. If you study your history you will find that in civil wars the armed forces typically split into various factions loyal to their commanders rather than any central authority. See Yugoslavia in the 1990s or Russia in the 1920s.
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Are we really comparing the military of the United States to some insurgents in Iraq and some guys living in a jungle?
The difference is weaponry. The U.S. has nukes. They have other big ass bombs. You can't beat them if they use them. I just don't see how you could possibly find a way for some guys armed with shotguns to defeat a government that can kill everyone in the country in a matter of minutes.