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By David Wood - Politics DailyAmerican troops are often outgunned by Afghan insurgents because they lack the precision weapons, deadly rounds, and training needed to kill the enemy in the long-distance firefights common in Afghanistan's rugged terrain, according to an internal Army study. Unlike in Iraq, where most shooting took place at relatively short range in urban neighborhoods, U.S. troops in Afghanistan are more often attacked from high ground with light machine guns and mortars from well beyond 300 meters (327 yards, or just over three football field lengths). The average range for a small-arms firefight in ...
Obama Makes the Case for a Wider War
By Joseph Schuman - AOL NewsPresident Barack Obama made his case Tuesday for an intensified fight in Afghanistan, arguing to war-weary Americans that a temporary build-up there is needed to set up an exit that ensures long-term security. "Years of debate over Iraq and terrorism have left our unity on national security issues in tatters, and created a highly polarized and partisan backdrop for this effort," Obama told a West Point audience mostly made up of uniformed cadets and generals. "It is easy to forget that when this war began, we were united -- bound together by the fresh memory of a horrific attack, and by the ...
'Mindless' Basic Training Gets Some Smarts
By David Wood - Politics DailyFORT BENNING, Ga. -- When seasoned combat soldiers began returning from the war to help train new recruits here, the first thing they did was to stop training for what the Army called "convoy live fire.'' ...
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