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In reply to the discussion: Rep. Steve King (R-IA) Explains the Second Amendment [View all]holdencaufield
(2,927 posts)2. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov ...
... served as the CINC of the Soviet Navy through most of the Cold War (1956 - 1988) and was responsible for the creation of the modern Soviet Navy. He wrote a book in 1978 "Red Star Rising at Sea" that deals with the logistics (mostly amphibious resupply) of a Soviet invasion of North America. One of the inhibiting factors he mentions is the high proliferation of privately armed US and Canadian citizens. He maintains that the the proliferation of civilian militias would make it much more difficult to maintain sufficient maritime supply to a Soviet beachhead. Effectively, every part of America is capable of mounting a resistance.
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Believeing one's own government "won't do it here" is really really dangerous.
Callisto32
Oct 2012
#52
Italy went from 'il Risorgimento' to Mussolini within one human lifetime.
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#59
Are there any other inanimate objects aside from guns that give you the willies?
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#58
By it, I meant "a dude walking down the street with a holstered gun," "it" being that scenario.
rogrot
Oct 2012
#62
no. You are conflating Individual Equality to the government for Treason.
Tuesday Afternoon
Oct 2012
#16
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Our Founding Fathers, in order to
Tuesday Afternoon
Oct 2012
#14
Mike, you really do need to study the Constitution and history in general more carefully.nt
Eleanors38
Oct 2012
#23
Mike, how does one pronounce "Vietnam" and "Afghanistan" in Italian?
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#48
"You don't know enough about me to judge." Oh, we most certainly *do*, Mike/Jason/Baldr...
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#83
Anyone who claims our military has nothing to do with our defense is insane
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#56