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Civilian deaths and destruction in modern wars is far greater than the purely 'military' deaths.  Think of the destruction during World War II - still on-going these many years later! - caused by aerial bombing of cities, transportation nexus, manufacturing areas, & etc.

when push comes to shove, if someone starts an insurgency against you, you very likely have done something very wrong.

Yeah.  Like invading their country.

by ATinNM on Sat Sep 20th, 2008 at 11:12:57 AM EST
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Yeah.  Like invading their country.
Exactly my point.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Sat Sep 20th, 2008 at 11:41:31 AM EST
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