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minus-squareJimmyeatsausage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-25 months agoIf ever there was a case for “more guns = more freedom”, right?
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoTaliban or not, the peasants made it impossible for both Russia and the US to hold for any period of time using a pretty ancient rifle.
minus-squareJimmyeatsausage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoI think the IEDs, suicide bombers, and RPGs made a bigger difference in both cases
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoWell, of course it wasn’t just the rifle. But my point was that low-tech armaments (and terrain to an extent) didn’t make it a walk in the park no matter how high-tech your military. You still have to hold it.
Afghanistan.
If ever there was a case for “more guns = more freedom”, right?
Taliban or not, the peasants made it impossible for both Russia and the US to hold for any period of time using a pretty ancient rifle.
I think the IEDs, suicide bombers, and RPGs made a bigger difference in both cases
Well, of course it wasn’t just the rifle. But my point was that low-tech armaments (and terrain to an extent) didn’t make it a walk in the park no matter how high-tech your military. You still have to hold it.
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