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- From: joann@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Jo Ann Malina)
- Subject: Re: the US elections...
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- Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
- References: <1992Nov11.175926.554@csus.edu> <1992Nov15.115410.14348@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 09:44:59 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov15.115410.14348@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- >altheimm@nextnet.csus.edu (Murray Altheim) writes:
- >:
- >: >They are to PROTECT us FROM the government.
- >:
- >: I agree that it was written with the intent to allow a civilian population
- >: to arm against a tyranny, but we've long since passed the point where this
- >: is possible.
- >
- >Hardly true. Witness what the very poorly equipt people in Afghanistan are
- >doing in their war against the USSR. They have been fighting for over 10
- >years, and they still have not been subjugated.
- >
-
- The Russians withdrew from Afghanistan years ago. The groups are fighting
- each other, and the government, now. It was predicted that as soon as
- Russian support was withdrawn that the government would collapse, but
- it didn't.
-
- However, we smuggled the Afghan rebels all sorts of high-tech portable
- weapons during the Russian phase of the war. To see unarmed civilians
- versus a well-armed if unofficial army, look at Bosnia. The Serbs have
- access to the weapons of the former Yugoslavian government. Those
- fighting them, especially the Muslims, have whatever they can scrounge.
- They are not doing well.
-
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- Jo Ann Malina, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
- joann@unixhub.slac.stanford.edu -or- 415/926-2846
- Neither Stanford nor the DOE would be caught dead with these opinions.
- Nor do they consult me when formulating theirs.
-