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From: Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:14:20 -1000
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The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> writes:
> I have it on good authority that they indeed do, but their ability to
> actually score a hit depends on the will of Allah. They just point it
> in the general direction of the alleged enemy and loose off

US in the two wars exhausted an enormous stockpile of .50 caliber, some
dating back to ww2. I asked some people involved and they said that
policy was "suppressing fire" ... at slightest provocation until
ammunition was exhausted ... keeping enemy heads down and minimizing
returned fire.

-- 
virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970