[P-Marlowe]

It’s not the weapons that have put our soldiers at risk. It is the rules of engagement.

[arthurus]

It is both, actually, with the “rules of engagement” moving out in front farther and farther as they become more suicidal from the point of view of the infantryman or murderous from the point of view of the President.

[shibumi]

"It’s not the weapons that have put our soldiers at risk. It is the rules of engagement."

Bingo.

(What are you all standing around for? Thread is over.)

[BuffaloJack]

> It’s not the weapons that have put our soldiers at risk. It is the rules of engagement.

On 2 occasions, both during fire fights, my POS M16 jammed. Both times I needed to partially disassemble the damn thing remove the shell that bent because of the crappy feed mechanism, put the thing back together and then continue the fight. The beautiful M14 that they took from me to give me the crappy M16 never once failed. It may have weighed twice as much and I couldn’t carry as many shells, but it didn’t let me down.