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On Barack Obama's claim that Americans confiscate and use enemy weapons
02/21/08
There's nothing more ridiculous than saying that American soldiers use enemy equipment, as Barack insisted today in his debate with Hillary Clinton.
First, what does the enemy have: AK-47s and old, dangerous (to soldiers and civilians) RPGs? Bringing up the lack of "body armor" (Did American's have "body armor" in any other war?) was a stretch, but no rifles? Even basic trainees have rifles.
Second, AK-47s use 7.62mm ammunition. American M-4s use 5.56mm. The quality's different too. I can't imagine soldiers using it.
This may be a good way to bring up Barack's inexperience, mendaciousness, or credulity. It would make a good laugh line at a stump speech, anyways.
I bet at the next debate, Barack will say that American teachers have to use the students' chalk.
Tags: obama american soldiers, obama americans use foreign weapons
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http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/02/from-the-fact-3.html 
OK. I'm going to apply some thinking:In a platoon, everybody has a job. One guy does this, another guy does that, etc. If the Army sent this unit to Afghanistan with less people, then they must have changed his mission enough so that whatever he had was enough for what they asked him to do. When they found enough guys, they probably asked him to do some more stuff.
Obama should have said that they didn't have enough rounds for training. And, ammunition isn't people, is it? That's significant, no?
As far as needing more people: I think we do. But, you don't have to mis-state significant facts to create a false sense of desperation.
http://youdecide08.foxnews.com/2008/02/22/military-questions-obamas-claim-that-under-equipped-troops-used-taliban-weapons/ 
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