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kairos12

(13,474 posts) Tue Jul 19, 2022, 01:05 PM Jul 2022

Looking at the Uvalde response

I was taught, as an infantry guy, to attack a defended position required you outnumber the defender by a ratio of at least 4:1, better would be 8:1.

It was never 375:1.

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Looking at the Uvalde response (Original Post) kairos12 Jul 2022 OP

Makes you wonder ... IggleDuer Jul 2022 #1

IggleDuer

(979 posts)

1. Makes you wonder ...

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Tue Jul 19, 2022, 01:19 PM

Jul 2022

… how many small towns in the U.S. would have a similar response/non-response.

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