22June06

In its latest "study," the Pentagon has, once again, assured us of what they have been insisting all along: the 5.56mm M855 rifle round is =80 adequate" for military purposes. This comical charade is the Pentagon's jitte ry response to chronic complaints from the field about the round's well -known lack of range, poor penetration, and second-rate fight-ending ability. They're try ing to assure the latest generation of exasperated combat veterans that they're

just "shooting too low," and maybe not often enough! We hea rd all this same sorry crap forty years ago!

The message is clear: "We want input from the field, so long as it m akes us all look like geniuses. Bad news, on the other hand, will not be tolerated . When equipment doesn't work, it must be your imagination!"

The Pentagon's credibility receives yet another self-inflicted wound ! I wonder whom they think they're kidding.

/John