There's a reason why he mentions that point and I don't think it's for morale reasons, there must be another reason. It's not a survivalist manual but rather some manual destined to regime change "rebels" against a regular army it seems, or some shit like that, like NATO allies, as in ukrainian civilians/fighters
This manual is intended for american and european audiences, there's a similar one for asians (taiwan) https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/taiwan-gives-citizens-survival-handbook-case-chinese-invasion?commentId=429db7de-cd69-436f-a6b2-b7556fe6b11c
Those are recent publications
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