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Albert Loveland's avatar

Regarding definitions, was an armed mercenary group with guns, tanks, and missiles who shot down airplanes scarier than a mob of people with cell phones who stormed a capitol? The word insurrection is thrown around in the US for January 6th. After seeing this Wagner event over the weekend, I still like Riot vs. Insurrection, as we now have an example to compare something to. Along with The Prince, a great ancient book to quote are Thuysidities and the Imponderables of War. One never knows what will happen once something starts. And would I give up part of Ukraine to keep 3000 nuclear weapons from falling into chaos and warlordism? It is a relatively easy choice.

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Dean R.'s avatar

I don't think you can have an actual insurrection without guns these days unless the definition of the word has changed.

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