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Old 12-17-2005, 01:49 AM
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Default Re: People expect a mistake free war?

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He broughtin a scope he had bought himself b/c the marines wouldnt supply him one (by scope i mean a sighting device, meant to be used with 2 eyes, I'm not gun expert.

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While I'm certainly no gun expert, your description is confusing me. Is it like binoculars? You don't use 2 eyes with any scope I know of. Whatever.

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He probably bought a red-dot sight from Aimpoint or EOTech or maybe an ACOG. The Aimpoint M68 CCO used by the Army is a red-dot sight for rifles that allows the user to shoot with both eyes open. It looks like a scope but isn't, it doesn't provide any magnification. It's a piece of equipment that's nice to have but not really a necessity.
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Old 12-17-2005, 03:00 AM
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Default Re: People expect a mistake free war?

funny you should say that..

I was just thinking how "Freedom of the Press" clearly didn't apply to all this instant press that the Internet gives and surely it shouldn't be constitutionally protected.

Blame the press - blame the democrats - blame the Iraqi's - anyone but the guy who started a war to raise profits for his oil buddies.

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Old 12-17-2005, 03:00 AM
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Yeah, what kind of morons would expect this Iraq war to be easy? Oh, wait, I think a couple people did.


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News flash: compared to most wars, this war is easy.
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Old 12-17-2005, 03:03 AM
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I was just thinking how "Freedom of the Press" clearly didn't apply to all this instant press that the Internet gives and surely it shouldn't be constitutionally protected.


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Old 12-17-2005, 03:05 AM
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Personally, I think its treason to make the parents of our boys buy their own body armor so they don't get killed or maimed.

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It's not treason, but our servicemen damn sure are entitled to be provided with the best protection money can buy.
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Old 12-17-2005, 02:23 PM
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News flash: compared to most wars, this war is easy.

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Yeah, I find no difficulty in watching the heads of soldiers that should never have been sent to Iraq and contractors just trying to feed their families being chopped off.
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Old 12-17-2005, 04:10 PM
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News flash: compared to most wars, this war is easy.

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Yeah, I find no difficulty in watching the heads of soldiers that should never have been sent to Iraq and contractors just trying to feed their families being chopped off.

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Totally misses the point.
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Old 12-17-2005, 05:33 PM
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Default Re: People expect a mistake free war?

Well, the administration's cheerleading and denial of mistakes helps make this front page news.

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Since Vietnam the media has made it almost impossible for the populus to support any war.

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Is this supposed to be a bad thing?

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My basic underlying contention is that war is a dirty, nasty business and it's impossible to wage and win a war without some inevitably bad things happening...

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This and the inevitable media reaction should be considered when determining if a war is winnable, or when determining if it is worth the effort.
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Old 12-17-2005, 06:08 PM
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What war? To quote W, "Mission Accomplished".
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Old 12-17-2005, 07:52 PM
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War is a lot more than just overrunning a weak military, so, I respectfully disagree with you that I "totally missed the point."
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