The party hasn't been after its stated goals in a long time.
All thats left on the right is democrats who like god and war.
But I'll live with that to avoid a socialist to be honest.
I think you should include some links when you make a post like that, you have some bad information.
Specifically the US did NOT help form Al Queda, we helped form the Mujahideen, who for the most part now make up the northern alliance. Some members of the Mujahideen went on to be involved in Al Queda, but its hardly the same group.
Most of this information I have from personal experience and people I know throughout the Marine Crops(specifically in MARSOC), but wikipedia reflects the same info.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujahideen#Afghanistanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Quida#Alleged_CIA_involvement -This one is a little short on info, we were sending 600 million a year(as that was the maximum funding we could send)
"We try goddamn hard to do the right thing at a sacrifice than you could ever understand"
should be "We try goddamn hard to do the right thing at a sacrifice thaT you could Never understand"
Sorry about that, I should have logged in.
That post may not have been completely clear, the only point I'm trying to make is that the physical rigors of combat are extreme to the point where people who on average(oh theres that dirty word again) are stronger and faster should be the ones assigned with it. And yes, men are stronger and faster, let it bother you all you want, its still true.
I live in a very non-PC world, if I don't go out on town I may not even SEE a woman in a normal day. So I'm sure you can imagine its a little odd for me to see people worrying about offending people so much here.
I don't know where this women have better endurance thing came from, when I see mixed PT(infantry is all male, but most of the marine corps is not) the bulk of the women finish after the bulk of the men. And even the fastest women is never close to the average-fast men.
Actually, the idea of the SAW is that its the firepower for a fire team, and it is supposed to be getting kills. Not that it really works out exactly like that every time, but thats the idea.
Now I'm not saying women cant handle roles outside of direct, close with the enemy, 0311 combat, I know a lot of females who do their job just fine and can handle themselves perfectly well in a stressful situation. But, at the same time, they all finish after the men on runs and they cant do pullups(save one or two).
And yes, mortars are a bitch to carry. My actual MOS is 0341(mortarman, but I'm with FAST now), I had to carry a 81 mm mortar tube(44 pounds) on top of my main pack, flak, kevlar, and m16 on the 20k hump, which anyone familiar with west coast SOI will tell you is no small feat.
Yes, the weight of mags really depends on how many you carry. There have been times when I had as many as 12, but on humps I dont have any ammo and I don't have a mag inserted(condition 4), so I don't really count them in the weight of the weapon. I think the m16a2 is around 3.9 pounds empty, but most of us have m16a4s now which have a heavier barrel and rail system, plus we have acogs a lot of the time now... well, there are a lot of variables to consider in the weight of the weapon, but a stripped m16 like a marine may carry on a hump in SOI is about 3-4 pounds I believe(I think 3.9, but its been a while since I had to know that).
I'm sorry, but I'm a US Marine(in the infantry) and I just have to say that you have no idea what you are talking about. You don't go into combat carrying just a 6-pound rifle(actually, its about 3 pounds), generally a combat load includes your flak(armor), your kevlar(helmet), no less than 6 full mags, your day pack which can weigh up to 40 or 50 pounds, plus any other random bullshit they make you drag along. In addition to that, in a 4 person fire team one person has a 203 grenade launcher, one has a SAW(which is a true bitch to carry all day with 1000 rounds of ammo), one has a extra barrel for that SAW, and the point man is the only one actually carrying just a combat load.
The physical demands of combat are far beyond what you can even imagine, but just to get an idea, go wrap yourself in 60 pounds of junk then try to run 100 meters dropping to a prone every 10 feet. Sprint like hell when you get up, and hit the dirt in the time it takes you to say "I'm up, he sees me, I'm down", and see how you feel at the end of it. Are you starting to see the picture? Nobody is actually in shape for the kind of physical stress that combat puts on a person, you simply put out all you have and hope its enough.
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The party hasn't been after its stated goals in a long time. All thats left on the right is democrats who like god and war. But I'll live with that to avoid a socialist to be honest.
Yes, just what all us republicans wanted. A "conservative" in the white house who does nothing at all about spending and expands government.
I think you should include some links when you make a post like that, you have some bad information. Specifically the US did NOT help form Al Queda, we helped form the Mujahideen, who for the most part now make up the northern alliance. Some members of the Mujahideen went on to be involved in Al Queda, but its hardly the same group. Most of this information I have from personal experience and people I know throughout the Marine Crops(specifically in MARSOC), but wikipedia reflects the same info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujahideen#Afghanistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Quida#Alleged_CIA_involvement -This one is a little short on info, we were sending 600 million a year(as that was the maximum funding we could send)
"We try goddamn hard to do the right thing at a sacrifice than you could ever understand" should be "We try goddamn hard to do the right thing at a sacrifice thaT you could Never understand" Sorry about that, I should have logged in.
That post may not have been completely clear, the only point I'm trying to make is that the physical rigors of combat are extreme to the point where people who on average(oh theres that dirty word again) are stronger and faster should be the ones assigned with it. And yes, men are stronger and faster, let it bother you all you want, its still true. I live in a very non-PC world, if I don't go out on town I may not even SEE a woman in a normal day. So I'm sure you can imagine its a little odd for me to see people worrying about offending people so much here.
I don't know where this women have better endurance thing came from, when I see mixed PT(infantry is all male, but most of the marine corps is not) the bulk of the women finish after the bulk of the men. And even the fastest women is never close to the average-fast men.
Actually, the idea of the SAW is that its the firepower for a fire team, and it is supposed to be getting kills. Not that it really works out exactly like that every time, but thats the idea. Now I'm not saying women cant handle roles outside of direct, close with the enemy, 0311 combat, I know a lot of females who do their job just fine and can handle themselves perfectly well in a stressful situation. But, at the same time, they all finish after the men on runs and they cant do pullups(save one or two). And yes, mortars are a bitch to carry. My actual MOS is 0341(mortarman, but I'm with FAST now), I had to carry a 81 mm mortar tube(44 pounds) on top of my main pack, flak, kevlar, and m16 on the 20k hump, which anyone familiar with west coast SOI will tell you is no small feat.
Yes, the weight of mags really depends on how many you carry. There have been times when I had as many as 12, but on humps I dont have any ammo and I don't have a mag inserted(condition 4), so I don't really count them in the weight of the weapon. I think the m16a2 is around 3.9 pounds empty, but most of us have m16a4s now which have a heavier barrel and rail system, plus we have acogs a lot of the time now... well, there are a lot of variables to consider in the weight of the weapon, but a stripped m16 like a marine may carry on a hump in SOI is about 3-4 pounds I believe(I think 3.9, but its been a while since I had to know that).
I'm sorry, but I'm a US Marine(in the infantry) and I just have to say that you have no idea what you are talking about. You don't go into combat carrying just a 6-pound rifle(actually, its about 3 pounds), generally a combat load includes your flak(armor), your kevlar(helmet), no less than 6 full mags, your day pack which can weigh up to 40 or 50 pounds, plus any other random bullshit they make you drag along. In addition to that, in a 4 person fire team one person has a 203 grenade launcher, one has a SAW(which is a true bitch to carry all day with 1000 rounds of ammo), one has a extra barrel for that SAW, and the point man is the only one actually carrying just a combat load. The physical demands of combat are far beyond what you can even imagine, but just to get an idea, go wrap yourself in 60 pounds of junk then try to run 100 meters dropping to a prone every 10 feet. Sprint like hell when you get up, and hit the dirt in the time it takes you to say "I'm up, he sees me, I'm down", and see how you feel at the end of it. Are you starting to see the picture? Nobody is actually in shape for the kind of physical stress that combat puts on a person, you simply put out all you have and hope its enough.