[Uncle Jaque]

Pigfat bullet lube, eh?

And it seems that our Troops in Iraq are not allowed to use ammo manufactured in Israel, as it would offend the Iraquis.

Better to run dry and fix bayonets, apparantly, and die fighting or face unspeakable attrocities in capture than offend an Islammic.

Or do what the old Indian fighters did, and save the last IslammaKOSHER round for yourself.

And that's under THIS Administration!

Dream on.

The idea is not without certain practical merit, however.

I would not be surprised if elements of the IDF might consider that sort of thing, even though the porcine stuff is not really OK with the Jewish tradition either, we are told. Maybe a "moderate" Jew would do it.... I dunno.

Anyone wanna comment on that?

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I would not be surprised if elements of the IDF might consider that sort of thing, even though the porcine stuff is not really OK with the Jewish tradition either, we are told. Maybe a "moderate" Jew would do it.... I dunno.

Anyone wanna comment on that?

The Israelis have taken to outfitting some public transportation with packs of pig fat and other pork byproducts in public busses so that suicide bombers will be spraying the substance throughout the vehicle by their own hand, denying entry into Allah's paradise to devout/fanatical believers. The Jews aboard are not intentionally coming into contact with the material of their own volition, thus have committed no unKosher act.

As for small arms ammunition, the practice by US troops during the 1991 Gulf War was to wipe the bullet noses of their ammunition with the MRE pork patties helpfully provided by Shelf Stable Foods and other MRE contractors. I think the present MRE offering is a item in barbecue sauce, but it should do as well. I'm told that so preparing the ammo in front of captured POWs kept them suitably humble and obedient, probably more so the more fanatical the recipient is in their beliefs.