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Comment author: V_V 18 October 2014 02:27:32PM 1 point [-]

but that fighting one is sufficiently simple that starting out without any weapons is not a significant handicap.

I didn't claim that fighting a government is simple. My claim is that the hardest part of fighting a government is forming an organized militia with sufficient funds and personnel. If you manage to do that, then acquiring weapons is probably comparatively easy.

Comment author: Azathoth123 18 October 2014 04:13:54PM 2 points [-]

Um, until recently the various Iraqi militants weren't very organized.

Comment author: V_V 18 October 2014 09:46:59PM 1 point [-]

Kinda. And until recently they sucked at fighting the government.