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-{SpoonmaN}- · 05-21-2007, 10:51 AM

When the UKAF went into SL, there was no effective government fighting them as such, so the capabilities of the Armed Forces there were a moot point. They did take on the "West-side Boys", who were primarily renegade soldiers, and totally defeated them, killing any number into the hundreds of them, for the loss of one soldier KIA. So to put it simply, in SL and Liberia, and such small nations, the defences are minimal and I doubt many troops would be loyal enough to the government to put up a serious fight. Nigeria is more of a worry, and it is a potential battle-ground for UN/US/EU/UK/AU troops (probably personnel working for all them at once) in the future. However I doubt once again that there would be a strong coherent resistance to any foriegn intervention, instead there would more likely be sporadic organized resistance and then more protracted fighting with disperate armed factions until some sort of resolution occured, Somalia-style.

05-21-2007, 10:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
-{SpoonmaN}- Death, the Destroyer of Worlds... *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 09-08-04 Location: The badlands of West London. Posts: 1,455 Country:	When the UKAF went into SL, there was no effective government fighting them as such, so the capabilities of the Armed Forces there were a moot point. They did take on the "West-side Boys", who were primarily renegade soldiers, and totally defeated them, killing any number into the hundreds of them, for the loss of one soldier KIA. So to put it simply, in SL and Liberia, and such small nations, the defences are minimal and I doubt many troops would be loyal enough to the government to put up a serious fight. Nigeria is more of a worry, and it is a potential battle-ground for UN/US/EU/UK/AU troops (probably personnel working for all them at once) in the future. However I doubt once again that there would be a strong coherent resistance to any foriegn intervention, instead there would more likely be sporadic organized resistance and then more protracted fighting with disperate armed factions until some sort of resolution occured, Somalia-style. __________________ "I have this to say to the people of Australia: Kick me, I'm different."