How many of the irregulars in Somalia, do you suppose, were veterans of a nation-state’s well-trained armed forces? See the difference? I’m a fat, slow 49 year old, but I haven’t forgotten my intelligence experience/training, map reading, marksmanship and small unit tactics, etc., and many of the “irregulars” will be Iraq, Afghanistan, Desert Storm and other recent veterans. As the article suggests, there are multiple millions of deer hunters in this country, most all of them equipped with military-style clothing, equipment and firearms, and that’s just one category!
The Somalis were veterans of a decades long civil war and armed with automatic rifles and anti-tank weapons. They knew the ground. They also had the advantage of mindset - they didn’t mind killing people and probably didn’t even view our troops as fellow human beings.
They were still slaughtered.
Americans lack automatic fire weapons and heavy weapons like RPGs. We’re also pretty squeamish. Some of that can be made up with equipment available out of, say, Cabelas (quick point sights, and gen 3 night vision goggles), and accuracy, and other from commercially available material, but the US Military, if the government drops the RoEs to a bare minimum (which it would against an internal rebellion) would be an incredibly destructive engine.
How many of the irregulars in Somalia, do you suppose, were veterans of a nation-state’s well-trained armed forces? See the difference? I’m a fat, slow 49 year old, but I haven’t forgotten my intelligence experience/training, map reading, marksmanship and small unit tactics, etc., and many of the “irregulars” will be Iraq, Afghanistan, Desert Storm and other recent veterans. As the article suggests, there are multiple millions of deer hunters in this country, most all of them equipped with military-style clothing, equipment and firearms, and that’s just one category!
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I see the distinction you are making. But I’m wondering, if the Somalis didn’t field their best against that 5000/1 crew, why not?
With regard to here, Obamas “Civilian National Security Force” of illegal aliens, and Muslims will have their work cut out for them.