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Old 06-22-2009, 10:43 AM   #407
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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo View Post
Right, but the elite of the current Revolutionary Guard are tied into the existing power-structure. They get to go to all the good parties and profit from the existing system (intentional oversimplification, but you know what i mean).

Much more so than the ordinary soldier in the ranks. Which is why the leadership of the RG might say one thing, but that's no guarentee that the average soldier is going to open fire on a crowd of women + young people + grandparents.

True, but the Revolutionary Guard will still play a major role in the new government as well. If you don't work them into the power structure of a new government, they are powerful enough to start a civil war and establish a military state.
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