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[The Magistrate]

87. But They Were Not Even Then Holding their Own, Sir, As You Described

Assistance began almost immediately, and consisted of modern infantry weapons, of patterns that could accommodate locally captured stocks of ammunition and parts. Cross-border sanctuaries were also an important part of sustaining the forces in the field against the Soviets,and that from the very beginning. Religious fervor as a motivation, too, cannot be overlooked, nor can traditions of outlawry and social self-sufficiency in exercise of violence for private ends --- and there is nothing comparable as a factor even in the deepest fever swamps of our political and social life. Guerrilla war is primarily political and social, armament, while certainly necessary, is far from the sole factor in its commencement and continuance, let alone in its success.