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Originally Posted by jester
I disagreee Web.
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In general, fair enough. I’ve been slumming at NPR.org lately, so I’m pleased you didn’t label me, insult my intelligence, or question my patriotism for having a different idea.
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Originally Posted by jester
Some of the more successful bombers in our time have been single persons or small cells operating on their ownl. From Theodore Kazinsky and a good number of the IRA bombers to McVeih to some of the folks operating in the ME, and of course durring the 80s with the countless groups of terrorist groups sponsored by the Soviets and militant Arab states.
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No contest on these points, but by 2000 in the Twilight: 2000 timeline, the world is a very different place. Supplies of everything except hunger and violence are short. Loners in their cabins are easy prey for hungry men with rifles and shotguns. The entire social organization that gives logic to and enables the modus operendi of the bombers has been drastically altered. This is not to say that the IRA bombers won’t find themselves in steady employ. It does mean that the support mechanisms that enable solitary bomb builders to practice their craft prior to the war have disappeared.
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In the T2K context I can see one or two old soldiers who have found a home, an know they can't take on a sizable military force so they don't. They just submit.....on the surface. But at night, the roads are mined, bombs are left here there and everywhere. Or they just rig the woods in and around their town as a defense.
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My assertion is not that “one or two old soldiers” could not set up explosives-oriented defenses in the location of their choice (note that I specifically mentioned mines, albeit anti-armor mines). In your example, these soldiers are operating as part of a town. Somebody is feeding them and providing security while they work on their explosives. Who is that somebody? It’s the local government, be it the mayor and militia or the warlord and his troops, or whatever. With more of the population than ever producing food, the decision to produce explosives is a deliberate one necessitating food, materials, tools, and security. Although some marauder groups will be able to meet these requirements, warlords and governments have a distinct advantage.
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