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2006-06-19 Down Under

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Posted by Oztralian 2006-06-19 03:48|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A FORMER roommate of Private Jake Kovco, Australia's first military casualty in Iraq, has accused the army of making troops in Baghdad use second-rate equipment.

Don't compare your stuff to the Americans, but rather the rest of the world. The rest of the world can't afford to equip their forces in a manner consistant with the Americans, or pay them as well either. Just the facts of life [and death]. That's called history.

Posted by Throlump Thromoth7510 2006-06-19 11:10|| 2006-06-19 11:10|| Front Page Top

#2 That's called choices, as well. Also, a history of different kinds of missions that call for diffreent equipment. But, three weeks to make a rifle work? Did it lack a firing pin or something?

Posted by trailing wife 2006-06-19 11:56|| 2006-06-19 11:56|| Front Page Top

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