Afghanistan: Now this is just weird
The AP reports that U.S. soldiers are finding that their rifles have shorter ranges than the older firearms used by the Taliban. This stunned me because (as the AP’s Slobodan Lekic points out) the British in 1842 had the same experience. While we’re on the subject, there are, as of about a week ago, more ...
The AP reports that U.S. soldiers are finding that their rifles have shorter ranges than the older firearms used by the Taliban. This stunned me because (as the AP's Slobodan Lekic points out) the British in 1842 had the same experience.
The AP reports that U.S. soldiers are finding that their rifles have shorter ranges than the older firearms used by the Taliban. This stunned me because (as the AP’s Slobodan Lekic points out) the British in 1842 had the same experience.
While we’re on the subject, there are, as of about a week ago, more U.S. troops in Afghanistan (94,000) than in Iraq (92,000).
And Joel Wing has a good summary of the numbers of neighborhood watch/Sons of Iraq/Sahwa/Awakening guys/former insurgents integrated into the government of Iraq.
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