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Originally Posted by Carn
Jesus Christ.
martinguerre- I don't really agree with xepherys' post, but your post is just terrible. This thread is not about spec ops soldiers and it is not about weapons. You have no idea what the military is like.
Tachion- you've never been in the military either, so just stop posting about it. To be honest, I'm kinda struggling to be civil when your posts reek of condescension and ignorance. BigBen knows a hell of a lot more than I do about being in the military, and more than you ever will, so respect what he has to say and don't presume to know what it means to be in the military. And btw, Ben was telling YOU to sort yourself out.
As far as the body armor goes.. it's unfortunate. But then again there is a lot of bullshit in the military. Is this order bullshit? Who knows. We'll probably never understand it, so no use trying to pretend we're experts on the subject.
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I know that this may be seen as flaming, and I'm really sorry if you think it is - but are you sure that you really want to tell people to STFU unless they're suiably qualified?
Is that how your vision of democracy works?
Surely anyoe that pays their federal taxes is "qualified" to talk about the military, because they pay for it, and it is relevant that they discuss what happens to their money?
The US military is just about one of the most expensive organisations on the planet, and sadly it's stil true that some people won't have the best kit.
If money were no object, all you'd have to do is build a fully flexible totally bomb powered proof combat suit for each soldier.
But even if they did that, some soldiers would die.
The best was to keep american soldiers alive is to not send them to hstile countries on what many people seem to regard as questionable grounds.
The british learned about getting into the wrong fights with Suez in the 50s - how come the Americans keep doing this?