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Thats interesting reading, thanks. The problem is your scenario is still unworkable.

How would you handle the following?

A mentally ill resident wanders down the street during curfew, and is shot by a sniper. Video of the killing is distributed on the internet.

A pregnant woman dies giving birth because of the curfew and travel restrictions.

An individual-scale altercation between occupying soldiers and residents escalates. The soldiers taze or shoot some of the residents. A mob forms, and the soldiers are locally outnumbered 10 to one. Video of all of this is recorded and distributed.

African-American and Hispanic soldiers are reluctant to enforce martial law on a community that they have more visceral sympathy for.

Think of it this way -- they guys you're fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq are basically more heavily armed gangs, and even with the huge US presence and relative lack of publicity for harsh tactics they're able to melt away.



Send me an email (address in profile) and I'll be happy to send you an essay that explores these ideas in more detail.




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