Re: Communication and Travel

You wrote: 

>there a way to attack them? Probably.	Can they produce things to 
>kill M1 tanks for $10,000 or less... probably. Can they deal with the 

20-lb satchel charge on back deck.  And don't tell me a high-tech 
farming community can't come up with high explosives.

>analogous. Try the chechens vs. the russians. Try the russians vs. 
>the afghans. Try the americans vs. the vietnamese. Try a number of 

Don't try American vs. Vietnamese.  You'll find yourself taking a 
couple million casualties in the process.  The Vietnamese were actually 
not too bright militarily--they just didn't care about casualties, 
whereas we did.

John