They are as well as or better armed than we are.
Their politicos really do not knoe who they are dealing with.
I keep harping on it but people think I'm just being an alarmist.
I live amongst them and have since I was born.
[hell, I even used to be one]
I know who they are and what they're capable of and it would *not* be the "easy win" some seem to think.
It sucks to have to be the bearer of the bad news of reality....:-\
Their politicos couldn't care less who they're dealing with.
They'd wine and dine the devil if it got them another vote.