>
> And what you actually need to win is the overwhelming positive support of
a
> large majority of the local population.
That sitution doesn't even attain in CONUS.
>>From the VN era: "If you have them by the balls, their hearts and minds
will follow."
"Winning" is this context is more a case of forcing the locals to choose
sides.
>You don't get that by driving armour
> through their streets and blasting everything in sight.
What the tank does is "send the message" that if your next door neighbor
let's his house be use to take shots at Americans, the odds are that your
house may not make it through the day.
That's why it's in the best interest of the US for legal (and registered)
small arms to be in every household. The locals will have an incentive to
"rat out" the crazies so they can be taken down with relatively bloodless
police type raids rather than an infantry assault.
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