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Bumping an old thread, but I thought this was interesting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuchY...embedded#at=37 Rebels show off a captured FN F2000 with GL1 that previously belonged to the Libyan regime's elite 32nd Battalion. Last edited by Markit; 06-01-2011 at 07:27 AM. Reason: sheesh |
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GL1, not EGLM. The latter nomenclature refers to the Mark 13 Mod 0 launcher for the FN SCAR.
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Very cool pics, gives you a better idea of what's going over there other than what you see on CNN!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Now this old rifle looks like one my dad brought back from Italy during WWII, he said there were piles of them. Like the old Italian Army joke "never fired, only dropped once". He said coming into NYC harbor they told the whole ship to ditch all weapons and other stuff, he (and other guys) had a duffle bag loaded with all kinds of German and other stuff.....pitched overboard!! When they got in to NYC nobody checked anything, but he did have something very much like this, 7.65mm I believe, minus clip, we played with it as kids, bayonet and all. Last edited by mjp28; 06-03-2011 at 08:49 PM. |
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Found another gallery. A few pictures stick out:
15. Scrubbing and linking all those rounds by hand, only to see them used up in a few seconds. 23. I wouldn't think there'd be English instructions printed on a Russian built rocket pod in Libya, but there it is. 25. Nice. Very nice. http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2...rebels/100086/
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So Gadaffi's (I don't know if I spelled that right, but no matter) forces use Belgian and Russian weapons against civilians and no one gives two shits, but they use an American weapon and everyone is up in arms about how we're the direct cause of Gadaffi's actions?
I'm getting to the point where I fucking hate the world.
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Playing devil's advocate for a second, most of the commentators who point out stuff like this are remarking on the irony that the U.S. has provided weapons to dictators while claiming to pursue a foreign policy based on the promotion of democracy and freedom (at least, during the more neo-conservative Bush era). Belgium and Russia do not have such foreign policies, so they're not such easy targets for accusations of hypocrisy. But I do agree that their criticism goes too far if they are blaming the U.S. for Gaddafi's actions.
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Comments on online news stories and forums, YouTube, and such are always condemning us for it. I know taking words from random anonymous Internet people (no offense, IMFDB) seriously is probably telling of my less-than-groundbreaking level of intelligence, but those represent a person's opinion just like marching outside a building with a sign in your hand does.
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