Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

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.

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