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Originally posted by broke
At that point, there is no US... let alone a US military.
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Why not?
Assume in the example that there are still 10% civilians and 20% military that believe in and are fighting for the "old" US government.
As long as someone willingly says they are part of the old government, and is willing to fight for it, I would say it is war & they are military or patriots defending themselves against foreign invaders - until they give up, give in, or die.
You can't just instantly label them as terrorists or insurgents just because you positioned yourself to install a new government..... can you? (Heh... or maybe you can do whatever you want at that point?)
But again not saying they are good/innocent guys by any means...(Just like some people might say the people that run our country are not good guys)....
I'm just arguing that we obviously didn't win the ground war against that government and that country in 3 weeks as theKing suggested.