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I understand what you are getting at, but I have a hard time believing that the former USSR played "nice" in Afghanistan, and they still managed to be sent off with their tail between their legs. Additionally there was the Viet Nam conflict where eradicating civilians suspected of being VC sympathisers and bombing suspected enemy outposts with napalm was commonplace. The gloves have come off in several human conflicts, and that did not stop the oppressors from being defeated when they did, despite having an enemy that was not as technologically advanced.

I don't think for a minute that domestic militias comprised from the largest armed force in the world wouldn't be able to make a difference if some foreign power invaded their homeland. If the "gloves came off" in the way you imply, China would be turned into molten glass overnight under a full American nuclear onslaught, and the militia vs. army debate would become somewhat irrelevant at that point.

Military conflicts with China aside, I wanted to point out that I work for one of Canada's largest financial institutions, that is currently looking to buy out some of the American FIs that have been hit hard by this credit crunch. If the world's economy was in anyway close to the state that the media portrays it in, my employer wouldn't be interested in buying anything American, and Warren Buffet would not have dropped $5 billion on Goldman Sachs preferred shares.

<blockquote data-quote="Anubis" data-source="post: 38745" data-attributes="member: 1055">I understand what you are getting at, but I have a hard time believing that the former USSR played &quot;nice&quot; in Afghanistan, and they still managed to be sent off with their tail between their legs. Additionally there was the Viet Nam conflict where eradicating civilians suspected of being VC sympathisers and bombing suspected enemy outposts with napalm was commonplace. The gloves have come off in several human conflicts, and that did not stop the oppressors from being defeated when they did, despite having an enemy that was not as technologically advanced.&nbsp;I don&#039;t think for a minute that domestic militias comprised from the largest armed force in the world wouldn&#039;t be able to make a difference if some foreign power invaded their homeland. If the &quot;gloves came off&quot; in the way you imply, China would be turned into molten glass overnight under a full American nuclear onslaught, and the militia vs. army debate would become somewhat irrelevant at that point.&nbsp;Military conflicts with China aside, I wanted to point out that I work for one of Canada&#039;s largest financial institutions, that is currently looking to buy out some of the American FIs that have been hit hard by this credit crunch.&nbsp; If the world&#039;s economy was in anyway close to the state that the media portrays it in, my employer wouldn&#039;t be interested in buying anything American, and Warren Buffet would not have dropped $5 billion on Goldman Sachs preferred shares.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Anubis, post: 38745, member: 1055"] I understand what you are getting at, but I have a hard time believing that the former USSR played "nice" in Afghanistan, and they still managed to be sent off with their tail between their legs. Additionally there was the Viet Nam conflict where eradicating civilians suspected of being VC sympathisers and bombing suspected enemy outposts with napalm was commonplace. The gloves have come off in several human conflicts, and that did not stop the oppressors from being defeated when they did, despite having an enemy that was not as technologically advanced. I don't think for a minute that domestic militias comprised from the largest armed force in the world wouldn't be able to make a difference if some foreign power invaded their homeland. If the "gloves came off" in the way you imply, China would be turned into molten glass overnight under a full American nuclear onslaught, and the militia vs. army debate would become somewhat irrelevant at that point. Military conflicts with China aside, I wanted to point out that I work for one of Canada's largest financial institutions, that is currently looking to buy out some of the American FIs that have been hit hard by this credit crunch. If the world's economy was in anyway close to the state that the media portrays it in, my employer wouldn't be interested in buying anything American, and Warren Buffet would not have dropped $5 billion on Goldman Sachs preferred shares. [/QUOTE]

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