I think this says volumes about the state in which X42 left our military. They have to go scrounge up five surplus M119s from ski resorts to equip our troops! At least the ski resorts are being patriotic about it.
(Please note that I'm not criticizing the loan of the howitzers. They're very valuable tools for avalanche control and save lives in the high country. But how sad is it that we're so short on materiel that the Army has to go get them back?)
}:-)4
1 posted on
04/28/2004 7:23:58 AM PDT by
Moose4
To: Moose4
""Given it's a war effort, their needs are greater than ours," "
They were on loan, not a gift. That means they should be returned when requested, it's not a choice. Geez
2 posted on
04/28/2004 7:33:43 AM PDT by
NTegraT
To: Moose4
I'll bet having the howitzers around was a hoot. If I had the spare $1M to buy one, I'd get it and loan it to them as long as they let me take the shots occasionally. :-)
3 posted on
04/28/2004 7:36:12 AM PDT by
zeugma
(The Great Experiment is over.)
To: Moose4
I have seen a bunch of army brass checking out the big guns seen outside most VFW halls...
4 posted on
04/28/2004 7:38:04 AM PDT by
2banana
(They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them)
To: Moose4; 2banana
They might check ebay for some artillery pieces.
To: Moose4
Gotta be a cheaper way to trigger an avalanche.
http://www.docsmachine.com/nonPB/mortar
New show on cable. Monster Mortar.
9 posted on
04/28/2004 7:44:40 AM PDT by
CJ Wolf
To: Moose4
"-- The Russian military is demanding the return of five howitzers that two ski resorts use to prevent avalanches, saying it needs the guns for the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. "
oops, sorry for the typo, it's U.S. Military
ANOTHER CLINTON LEGACY (C)
11 posted on
04/28/2004 7:57:32 AM PDT by
DTA
(you ain't seen nothing yet.)
To: Moose4
Congress needs televised hearings on what Billy Jeff Clinton did to our military.
So9
12 posted on
04/28/2004 8:09:09 AM PDT by
Servant of the 9
(Screwing the Inscrutable or is it Scruting the Inscrewable?)
To: Moose4
I don't understand, in the James Bond movies all the bad guy has to do is fire a few pistol shots or something to start an avalanche....
To: Moose4
I'm sure the Army can help arrange for the ski resorts to get some old artillery from former Soviets or other eastern block nations. Lots of old, but still operational heavy hardware available over there.
14 posted on
04/28/2004 8:23:32 AM PDT by
Lockbar
To: Moose4
What sort of rounds do these ski resorts fire? Surely they don't fire military shells. The metal fragments would be a pollution problem.
16 posted on
04/28/2004 9:47:38 AM PDT by
jordan8
To: Moose4
"They have to go scrounge up five surplus M119s"
I may be more likely a Homeland Security issue rather than military needs. Tom Ridge may have just realized that they were in public domain.
17 posted on
04/28/2004 10:13:24 AM PDT by
Deguello
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