What could go wrong here?


	What could go wrong here?

docdoober

12-4-2007 9:35 PM

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army, afghanistan, taliban, m16, sales, weapons

docdoober says:

I sure hope I'm wrong. But this brings up memories of Iran-Contra, etc. The result will be huge sales for the US Gov't, but will standardize the NATO ammo, which could be a REAL problem on the battlefield. From an ex-military person's opinion.

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