the jews in israel, notably the macabees, fought many years using gurella tacits because they had so few men to fight against the greeks and romans. in this way, they kept surprising all these big armies. so, the afghans used this technique against the russians, and now the iraqis use it against the us/british forces.

mag


Mag Raine is an author, artist, and serves on Oakland's disability commission.

--- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi Ken,

  The problem being here not the weapons but who is facing down who. Its =
a lot easier to blow away a faceless, foreign bad guy - than your own =
people. No matter what the government the military is made up of people. =


                                              Trisha


>   the iraqis have done wery well as snipers, etc and
> you leftist are quick to point that out. the russians
> faced down an army armed with tanks. the russians army
> had nucks. they did not use them for the same reasons
> that american governments would not use them. they
> have to live on the land that would be rendered
> useless for their lifetimes.
>   if it were not for history you guys would have good
> points.
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> --- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Hi Deri,
> >
> >    You said just what I thought!! - Also since the
> > feds have a well =3D
> > equipped military - not sure what a handgun can do
> > against a tank or =3D
> > APC, or Hummer - macine gun, etc.  I am sure the
> > founders never imagined =3D
> > the kind of weapons we have today or we would all
> > have the =3D
> > constitutional right to a bomb shelter, and
> > mandatory military service. =3D
> > I am truly curious what actual percentage of
> > Amercian own a gun - beyond =3D
> > the military and police, FBI, CIA and other alphabet
> > soup agencies.=3D20
> >
> >    How are things across the pond these days?
> >
> >                                      Trisha
> >
> >
> > > On Thursday 21 Aug 2003 4:38 pm, you wrote:
> > > > as far as gun control. putting all the bs about
> > > > hunting and sceet shooting aside where it should
> > be.
> > > > the founders put gun ownership in so the future
> > > > oppresive governments could be overthrown.
> > > >
> > >=3D20
> > > Hmm, difficult to fight off Poison Gas and other
> > WMD (which your gov =3D
> > has) with
> > > handguns, at the time the founders wrote that they
> > were saying the =3D
> > populace
> > > should have the same weapons as the gov. Personal
> > Nukes? Luverly!!
> > >=3D20
> > > Cheers
> > >=3D20
> > > Deri
>=20
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