I don't know the answer to the first question because I can't say I've ever defended a mob boss.
But the second question I do know something about: it always depends upon the jurisdiction. The DA's commitment to keeping the 75 IQ hood rat from wreaking mayhem on his fellow denizens is the determining factor.
Re: Hueys - there's also the small matter of the Russians supplying SA-7s to the indigenous people. It wasn't simply "commitment" because no amount of "commitment" will save someone from plunging fire by a helicopter that can shoot from outside the range of small arms. The Russians gave the VC and NVA LOTS of small arms, but the SA-7 was a game changer - that's why we returned the favor by supplying the muj with the Stinger in Afghanistan.
How many billable lawyer hours does it take to keep a mafia boss on the street for an hour?
50-75?
How many billable lawyer hours does it take a 75IQ hood rat on the street for an hour?
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Difference is in the hours spent, or not spent prosecuting each.
Huey's were a terror to the NVA and VC, and a golden sword to the US army, until the former put their minds and efforts into defeating them. They quickly evolved tactics using the simple weapons at hand; AK-47 and SKS rifles. They learned concentrated fire could take down the giant.
Now, there wasn't enough parts or men to exchange them to keep them flying with impunity. Every hour spent in the air was not payment for hours spent in maintaining them; it was a gift from God.
The Israeli IDF has dropped hundreds of thousands of tons of bombs from super sophisticated aircraft on people crouching in rubble, behind razor wire. They have not come close to defeating the Palestinian resistance.
How well will the military of the former Republic of the USA fare against a populace not only free to roam thousands of miles, with unlimited ammunition and top quality small arms, but expected to report to work building the weapons being used against them?
Technical marvels were created to combat technical marvels. Not determined men with nothing to lose.
I don't know the answer to the first question because I can't say I've ever defended a mob boss.
But the second question I do know something about: it always depends upon the jurisdiction. The DA's commitment to keeping the 75 IQ hood rat from wreaking mayhem on his fellow denizens is the determining factor.
Re: Hueys - there's also the small matter of the Russians supplying SA-7s to the indigenous people. It wasn't simply "commitment" because no amount of "commitment" will save someone from plunging fire by a helicopter that can shoot from outside the range of small arms. The Russians gave the VC and NVA LOTS of small arms, but the SA-7 was a game changer - that's why we returned the favor by supplying the muj with the Stinger in Afghanistan.
How many billable lawyer hours does it take to keep a mafia boss on the street for an hour?
50-75?
How many billable lawyer hours does it take a 75IQ hood rat on the street for an hour?
<1
Difference is in the hours spent, or not spent prosecuting each.
Huey's were a terror to the NVA and VC, and a golden sword to the US army, until the former put their minds and efforts into defeating them. They quickly evolved tactics using the simple weapons at hand; AK-47 and SKS rifles. They learned concentrated fire could take down the giant.
Now, there wasn't enough parts or men to exchange them to keep them flying with impunity. Every hour spent in the air was not payment for hours spent in maintaining them; it was a gift from God.
The Israeli IDF has dropped hundreds of thousands of tons of bombs from super sophisticated aircraft on people crouching in rubble, behind razor wire. They have not come close to defeating the Palestinian resistance.
How well will the military of the former Republic of the USA fare against a populace not only free to roam thousands of miles, with unlimited ammunition and top quality small arms, but expected to report to work building the weapons being used against them?
Technical marvels were created to combat technical marvels. Not determined men with nothing to lose.