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2016-08-27 Afghanistan

U.S. Lost Track of Hundreds of Thousands of Guns in Afghanistan, Iraq

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-08-27 05:29|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Weapons, vehicles, supplies, cash...the Generals have been foolish...and ended up paying the enemy for the privilege of fighting them. This continues in AF and started back up in IQ. And no one cares.

Posted by Tennessee 2016-08-27 09:05|| 2016-08-27 09:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Conquering an enemy, sometimes referred to as 'Victory' results in the killing of the bad guys and the taking of THEIR stuff.

Who was it that won the conflict again ?

Posted by Besoeker 2016-08-27 09:08|| 2016-08-27 09:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Considering that federal and state agencies lost just under a thousand firearms since 2013 in California, including fully automatic MP5s, it really isn't a surprise that our government is more dangerous with weapons than its citizenry are.

Posted by DarthVader 2016-08-27 11:35|| 2016-08-27 11:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Figuring the 'churn' and political interference in both IRQ and AFG deployments, assignments and leadership, this is not surprising.

Posted by Pappy 2016-08-27 11:36|| 2016-08-27 11:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Lost track as in gave away to ISIS?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-08-27 11:44|| 2016-08-27 11:44|| Front Page Top

#6 No, at least not directly.

Posted by Pappy 2016-08-27 15:03|| 2016-08-27 15:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Gun of the Week:
M-14 Kabul New $0.00

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-08-27 20:00|| 2016-08-27 20:00|| Front Page Top

#8 Fast and Furious II - Electric Boogaloo.

Posted by charger 2016-08-27 21:12|| 2016-08-27 21:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Nobody wanted UID and 'Total Asset Visibility'.
Now we know another reason why.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-08-27 21:22|| 2016-08-27 21:22|| Front Page Top

#10 Fast and Furious: Khyber Drift

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-08-27 21:23|| 2016-08-27 21:23|| Front Page Top

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