[ExI] More deaths from COVID-19 than Afghanistan and Iraq wars combined

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 at 15:52, Rafal Smigrodzki via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 9:56 PM Stathis Papaioannou via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> The commander in chief, generals and soldiers are reluctant to give or
>> obey an illegal order because they think it is the wrong thing to do and,
>> failing that, they are afraid of the reactions of others in the chain of
>> command. If fear of citizens with guns were a deterrent then the US would
>> never have been able to invade well-armed states such as Iraq.
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> ### Oh, the US invaded some countries with well-armed citizens, and
> time-and-again got their asses Kalashnikov-whipped in Vietnam, Iraq,
> Afghanistan and other places.
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> And remember Geronimo? A few savages with guns, managed to terrorize huge
> swathes of land and were only captured once they got more or less bored
> with living on the run.
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> Guns work.
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But do you really think the main reason Trump does not make himself supreme
leader for life is that he is afraid of people in their homes with guns?

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Stathis Papaioannou
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