One thing the Russian planners have missed - the amount of weapons that Americans have in their homes (legally and illegally). At the first news of the USA offensive toward the coast, the calm citizens of the cities so far, pulled out everything they had hidden in the closets and garages. And there was a lot of it ... Washington, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Boston - and other Atlantic cities were clawing at the occupiers.

The result was that the Russians had to regain the initiative to show that rebellion would not pay off. This, in turn, has resulted in a bizarre decision ...
