[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Reminds me of the Harry Turtledove alternate history novel “The Guns of the South”, where stereotypical white Boer racists go back in time to arm the Confederate army with AK’s so they win and preserve slavery. They also gave Lee some medicine for his heart to keep him alive. Lee screwed them over and freed the slaves anyway IIRC.

[Who is John Galt?]

Kind of reminds me of a question my young nephew once asked me: "If a lion fought a shark, which one would win?"

;>)

[marktwain]

When the Japanese, armed with rifles, machine-guns, pistols, grenades, and swords, did mass attacks on Americans armed with rifles, pistols, machineguns and grenades. The Americans killed them with about 100-1 casualties.

The key is for the people with the modern weapons to have a good defensive position.

The Spartans would do no better, as long as they can be induced to mass attack the entrenched modern fighters.