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by Allahpundit
January 22, 2013
If you missed this at Townhall, Weasel Zippers, Aces site, or the dozens of other conservative blogs that have posted it in the last few days, make time. (If you cant spare seven minutes, Blog O Stuff has the transcript.) One gun-control argument Ive always had trouble understanding, never more so than now, is the idea that millions of citizens armed with pistols and rifles as a bulwark against tyranny might as well give those weapons up because theyre no match for a modern military with tanks and planes. Really? Since when is guerrilla warfare a sure loser, even against a sophisticated, well-equipped army? Until the Awakening changed the dynamic in Anbar province, Iraqi Sunnis were doing okay holding out against the worlds hyperpower. The Taliban crawls on to this day after 11 years of war in Afghanistan and may well end up back in control once the U.S. finally gives up and withdraws. The point of Petraeus-style counterinsurgency doctrine, I thought, is that even the most well-trained, well-equipped force cant pacify a population through brute strength. Its one thing to believe worrying about martial law here is silly, its another to believe that an attempt at martial law would inevitably succeed.
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Video: Tiananmen Square activist speaks up for the Second Amendment « Hot Air
by Allahpundit
January 22, 2013
If you missed this at Townhall, Weasel Zippers, Aces site, or the dozens of other conservative blogs that have posted it in the last few days, make time. (If you cant spare seven minutes, Blog O Stuff has the transcript.) One gun-control argument Ive always had trouble understanding, never more so than now, is the idea that millions of citizens armed with pistols and rifles as a bulwark against tyranny might as well give those weapons up because theyre no match for a modern military with tanks and planes. Really? Since when is guerrilla warfare a sure loser, even against a sophisticated, well-equipped army? Until the Awakening changed the dynamic in Anbar province, Iraqi Sunnis were doing okay holding out against the worlds hyperpower. The Taliban crawls on to this day after 11 years of war in Afghanistan and may well end up back in control once the U.S. finally gives up and withdraws. The point of Petraeus-style counterinsurgency doctrine, I thought, is that even the most well-trained, well-equipped force cant pacify a population through brute strength. Its one thing to believe worrying about martial law here is silly, its another to believe that an attempt at martial law would inevitably succeed.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miEmIfhfxuc]Tiananmen square activist turned American citizen demonstrates for the second amendment - YouTube[/ame]
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Video: Tiananmen Square activist speaks up for the Second Amendment « Hot Air