Why are you people trying to start a war that no one will win?

[Savannahmann]

150. Did the Insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan have those?

Did the Vietnamese have those awesome tools to fight a war with? How about the Somali people?

We were defeated by the Vietnamese. The Wermacht was defeated in Stalingrad by an army that couldn't manage to give every soldier a rifle. The Germans had the most advanced tanks, and the best trained soldiers. They had revolutionary weapons, and they still lost.

Here's a question for you. Where does the Helicopter go to refuel and rearm? The locations used to be called forward operating bases. Those tend to be lightly guarded if memory serves. A guerrilla attack there would take out all the helicopters, because they are impressive as hell in the air, but they won't go into the air without fuel and ammo.

Last question. How many Helicopter Gunships do we have? I'd be surprised if we had more than two hundred between the Army and the Marines. That comes down to what, four per state? Four Helicopters to hunt these guys down, burning how many tons of fuel an hour, over the 3.7 million square miles of the United States. Even if you double it, which is probably way too high a number, it still isn't much. That means long drawn out protracted warfare, which is hell for everyone. I guess you could toss in the five hundred or so tactical aircraft, that means fighters and the sort. But they have pretty high maintenance requirements too. Well, we could toss in the drones, and then we could start dropping bombs on American Weddings too. That would really show those RW dolts.

Now, who's to say that these guys won't attack armories to get anti aircraft weapons? They might even steal some of those pretty tanks you appear so fond of. But we haven't even discussed the limitations of tanks, because there is lots of terrain that they can't go into. Swamps and marshes are at the top of the list.

Now, one last question. Why did we stop using the Bradley in Afghanistan and Iraq? Oh that's right. They were being destroyed by IED's planted along the sides of roads. So Bradley's may not be the best choice. Now, how many country roads can manage to hold up to a Bradley going down it? I mean the Asphalt and the bridges? Another reason they went to those MRAP vehicles, they weighed considerably less than the nearly 28 tons that a Bradley brings to the party. I'll skip the maintenance requirements for a tracked vehicle, but suffice to say that there is a reason you see them hauled around on flatbed trailers. They are actually much more fragile than they would appear.