From:	Geoff Skellams geoff.skellams@*********.com.au
Subject:	Value and so on....
Date:	Fri, 16 Jul 1999 11:13:46 +1000

On shadowrn@*********.org, Robert
Watkins[SMTP:robert.watkins@******.com] wrote:
> Imagine the American War of Independence today. Your civil militia has
> lovely assault rifles, probably on a par with those of the opposition.
But
> the British Expeditionary Force now has tanks and aircraft support. A
> beach-head is established with fire support from the ships, still, and
tanks
> are unloaded. After Washington is burnt down, the armoured force
proceeds up
> the road to Baltimore, where it meets the militia with their assault
rifle
> and proceeds to kick serious butt.

You obviously missed the show on the ABC the other night talking
about three wars in the last 50 years where poorly armed guerilla groups
have defeated better armed and better trained military powers: the Cuban
Revolution, Vietname and Afghanistan. If the locals want to maintain
their land and way of life, then having superior firepower is not
necessarily going to guarantee you victory in the war.
If the locals fight a conventional war, then you might be right.

But if the locals play smart and use hit and run tactics, the
big guys could have a serious headache on their hands.

cheers
G

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