From: Paul Hughes (planetp@aci.net)
Date: Fri Feb 12 1999 - 11:47:03 MST
"Michael S. Lorrey" wrote:
> As Vietnam proved, an aircraft carrier is of absolutely no use against a
> rural, grassroots insurgency force. The proper equipment for the job. The only
> way they will be able to control things if they are stupid enough to try to
> take over is to use chemical and biological weapons...
I think your right Mike. But also consider that there are plenty of very bright
chemists capable of making something really nasty themselves - like Sarin Gas -
the stuff used in the Tokyo subway incident. One cc. of pure Sarin in aerosol
form could easily kill a medium sized city. If one of these chemists or his
associates call's up the big-bad-boys-of-martial-law and tells them that they
either return the power back to the people or face continued and random sarin gas
attacks in vital areas, you'd quickly get a stalemate situation.
When you have large amounts of military personnel wandering the streets never
knowing whether a Sarin gas attack could happen anytime, it will do much to
disrupt morale and the cohesiveness of a martial law regime.
Paul
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