[Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!]

On May 16, 8:34*am, "BretLudwig" wrote:
****R : "Using your model here, we should be ditching the M-16 in favor
of a
high-tech rifle replacement (after all, you're not going to ask a
front-line infantry soldier to "strap one on", are you? They are 1960s
technology.), spending tons to develop the replacement for the M-1
Abrams tank (ditto an armor soldier), new Combat Engineer vehicles,
new nuclear ballistic missile subs, and on and on and on."

*I'd definitely ditch the AR-15/M16 rifle (except for the specialized uses
for which it had been developed) in favor of something more intrinsically
reliable in dirty conditions and firing a more manstopping round than the
inadequate .223

I wasn't surprised that 2pid was wrong.

I'm about as not surprised that Bratzi is too... ;-)