08-18-2021, 08:38 PM
(08-18-2021, 06:12 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Absolutely disagree with this take, and I think it's a really bad way to try to make an unrelated partisan point. It's a militia that's tens of thousands strong and supported by outside groups and possibly other nations. On the battlefield, they absolutely could not stand up to the might of the US, but that doesn't mean the US, as a foreign force, can stop them from remaining an entity, especially when they hide in sovereign nations, or prepare another government enough to handle them.
My point, and it was not meant to be partisan,it was somewhat tongue in cheek but somewhat not, is that it is extremely difficult to occupy a well-armed populace. Russia also failed. And nobody said they would meet them on the battlefield.
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