> Those weapons are only useful if they WORK... Nuclear Weapons are more for political intimidation rather than actual tactical use... Same goes with laser-guided missiles. They only work under perfect enviromental conditions, meaning clear weather. If the weather is terrible, the laser breaks up and the bomb goes from "smart" to "dumb"... The Iraqis in many cases successfully disrupted US bombing missions by setting fire to the oil fields, since smoke could break up the laser as much as clouds could. I wish I could share your optimism. Whether 'smart bombs' are smart OR dumb proved immaterial to Iraq (as well as Serbia); overwhelming force IS overwhelming. The Iraqis were NOT successful in the main; alas, they had the snot beat out of them. > As for handguns and rifles, they work under any conditions. Only under real extreme conditions will they not work. 'Extreme conditions' are, and will be, confronting superior technological and organizational force. > There are hundreds of examples of guerrilla forces outmatching convential forces (government) with superior weapons. Vietnam and Solomia are only the most recent examples. There were cases of peasents armed with simple bows they made from everyday items being able to shoot down knights in heavy armor. As I explained, Vietnam's success owed largely to the countervailing pressures of the U.S.S.R. which kept the war low-tech. I don't know enough about 'Solomia' to comment, but I would hardly believe that 'simple bows they made from everyday items [are] able to shoot down knights in heavy armor,' the Native Americans couldn't. Barry Stoller http://utopia2000.org _______________________________________________ Marxist-Leninist-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/marxist-leninist-list
