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Contractor Proposes Laser Rifles for US Military
The Fryar writes "Well, folks, it looks like the future really is now! It seems the Defense Review has uncovered a submission by Stavatti, a sort of "free market" defense contractor, to the military for a laser rifle. The submission comes in response to the Army's LFLAN requirement - the quest to provide "Light Fighter Lethality After Next" technology, or lasers/phasers/sabers/advanced weapons for use some 20 years down the road. Needless to say, I also considered the category "Star Wars Prequels" for this article."
Now America can murder Israel's enemies with even more precision!
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The United States claims to be a nation of peace lovers
and it has been at peace since the end of the Second World War, except, that is, for their attacks on
China (1945-46);
Korea (1950-53);
Guatemala (1954, 1967-69);
Cuba (1959-60);
Belgian Congo (1964);
Vietnam (1961-73);
Cambodia (1969-70);
Grenada (1983);
Libya (1986);
El Salvador (1980-92);
Nicaragua (1981-90);
Panama (1989);
Iraq (1991);
Bosnia (1995);
Sudan (1998);
Yugoslavia (1999);
Afghanistan (2001-02);
Iraq (2003 - ongoing);
Plus "police action" in Colombia regarding drugs (ongoing),
an insurrection in Chile (1973),
and numerous other covert bombings conducted by, or under the direction of, the CIA.
From 1945 to the end of the 20th century, the U.S. attempted to overthrow more
than 40 foreign governments and to crush more than 30 populist movements
fighting against insufferable regimes.
In the process, they have bombed about 25 countries,
killed several million people, and condemned many millions more to lives of agony, poverty and despair.
keep developing weapons though, they might be your only friends left
Do americans not care about this? I'm real curious to hear if they'd rather see more spending on defence, or the creation of a real healthcare system, bettering education, or even daycare (though I think that's *way* to far ahead...)