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[Legend of Korra] In season 1, how was Amon able to wreak such havoc in the Pro-Bending Arena?

As Amon is escaping, we are able to see that the metalbending police airships are burning and broken in the bay, and the heavy police presence at the entrance is completely gone. How was Amon able to do this? He was outnumbered, and to my knowledge, there are no non-benders on the police force who might have enacted a sneak attack.

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Furthermore, Amon claims that he will equalize Republic City, and then the world. Does he really think the other four nations would stand for that? As soon as he succeeds at taking Republic City, the other four nations would focus all their effort on destroying him and his movement, as it represents a threat to their whole way of life.
gpt
It was a stealth attack: they took out a large chunk of the police before they could fight back by pretending to be normal citizens. This gives them a significant advantage in the resultant battle, apparently enough to win.

As for "Does he really think the other four nations would stand for that? "- no, of course he doesn't, but you don't run a revolution without a plan for people in power getting upset. He didn't think they wouldn't fight. He thought he'd win.