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From: reddy@uts.amdahl.com (T.S. Reddy)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Low tech warfare
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Date: 2 Jan 90 02:47:58 GMT
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From: reddy@uts.amdahl.com (T.S. Reddy)

In article <12610@cbnews.ATT.COM>, willey@arrakis.nevada.edu (James P. Willey) writes:
> 
> In article <12539@cbnews.ATT.COM> bxr307@csc.anu.oz writes:
> >
> >What I was trying to find out was whether the US Army in particular, and the 
> >rest of the US military in general, had learnt any *tactical* lessons from 
> >Vietnam.  
> 
> 	A recent example of how the US military is how the armed forces in
> Panama are dealing with the "Dignity Battalions".  

     There's absolutely no comparision between any military opposition
(there was none) in Panama and Vietnam. In Vietnam, the Vietcong were a
battle hardened group whose tactics, policies and plans were well honed
even before the arrival of American troops. The Panamanian defence forces
including the dignity battalions were akin to a bunch of street hoodlums
whose prior experience was in terrorizing the local populace.

     
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