Good copy. The spec op troops are often sporting optics that cost far more than the rifle platform that they are mounted on. Same for LEOs. Thank you, taxpayers, for paying for (unwittingly) your own demise.
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
J.R.R.Tolkien