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Not taking any sides in this, but from a purely historical perspective: the US has a strong record against well-armed militaries. It has an endless losing streak against barely armed but very angry ragtag groups of peasants.

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The cold war and war on terror are real and not just some ragtag peasants. People think modern warfare is some high tech shit but it’s just some dude in a basement making a bomb for the subway commute financed by a labyrinth of schemes and loosely controlled by adversary governments.

> It has an endless losing streak against barely armed but very angry ragtag groups of peasants.

Internationally. Domestically the US is 1 for 1 in this space as evidenced by the US Civil war.

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