PMartin,

Did you take the time to ACTUALLY read my post, or did you just rush to reply?

During the Revolutionary war THE BRITISH WERE ALREADY HERE! Remember, we were COLONISTS, part of the British empire. They WERE NOT a foreign country that came to invade.

Another small history lesson for you. We ACTUALLY had an army as well. (albeit they were made up mostly of local militia) George Washington was a general in that army, remember? I'm SURE that they were somewhat trained, and disciplined (as well as they could be under those circumstances) and didn't just run out half-cocked, shooting at anything that moved.

The thing I get the biggest kick out of is how some people get all testosteroned up talking about how they're gonna shoot any invaders that show up, and that some rural civilians are so tough that hey, what do we even need an army for? We can handle the invaders ourselves. After all we can put 5 rounds in a nickel at 100 yards, so what chance does a large mechanized, heavily armed, TRAINED force have against the Tenino chapter of Ducks Unlimited?

You must have also missed the part where I said "OUR MILITARY DEFENSE CAPABILITIES" along with logistical obstacles were the biggest deterrent to foreign invasion.

One last point. For not knowing much about urban warfare tactics, the Japanese and Germans sure seemed to be effective at conquering a large portion of the world in a relatively short period of time back in the late 1930's.