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I was however, musing at the general populace, not the guy on the
sharp end. There's little doubt that a disciplined defence
force will do what they've been trained to do. It's the
unwashed masses that I wonder about, how many casualties will a
society suffer before they decide that the cause just isn't worth it.



I think it seems to be largely connected with the perceived threat.
Such large sections of the population here in the UK seemed opposed to
the Iraq adventure because they could perceive no immediate threat (no
matter *WHAT* Mr Blair told us!). US opinion was largely against getting
involved in WWII until Pearl Harbour, and it took Germany's continued
stomping all over Europe before we in the UK perceived the threat as
real. When there is a clear and obvious threat on the public's immediate
horizon things change, until then, for the large majority of the "great
unwashed" you're dealing in hypotheticals, and in those situations they
are far more resistant to getting involved and taking the casualties.
Just my take of course. . .

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Drewe
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity