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In reply to the discussion: How is Meatloaf's 'Id Do Anything for Love' like the 2nd Amendment? [View all]US in Vietnam
USSR in Afghanistan
Just to start.  Takes boots on the ground to "take and hold" territory.  Park a tank in a town square, somebody's gonna figure out how to get behind it with a det charge.  Howitzers are great for tearing up grid squares, not so much against small point targets that are hidden/unknown, and you have to have troops to defend the positions.  Drones carry X-amount of payload, and need secure base.  Missiles are good, but $.  Remember the "Million dollar missile to hit a camel's butt"?  Planes can carry good payloads, have good targeting, but need a secure base to operate from.
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        The Democratic party says the 2A supports an individual right to keep and bear arms.
        hack89
        Jan 2017
        #2
      
        
        Might have saved yourself the effort. It's settled law now, at least for the foreseeable future.
        Marengo
        Jan 2017
        #19
      
  