At 11:18 AM 6/1/03 -0400, Ian Grigg wrote: >There is a reason that the AK47 is the weapon of >choice: it is an extraordinarily simple weapon. >Training is probably about half the requirements >of say the M16. That makes a difference, much >more so than, say, the increased accuracy of the >M16!
Got evidence? The benefits of the AK involve the *weapon's* robustness, not its user interface. Also, a 7.62 beats a 5+change mm any day.
>Phsycologically, it makes us unhappy to realise >that the 911 attackers were actually quite simple, >so we don't. We build up Osama bin Laden to be >a mastermind, a sort of James Bond-qualified evil >guy who constructs plans of insidious cunning.
OBL is at least 2 standard deviations smarter than
Bush, and probably one more than Rummy too. Thinking otherwise is buying into the "madman" propoganda.
>All this is a long winded way of saying your >average terrorist is much more like your grandma >when it comes to tech. Highly competant in the >kitchen, but can't send an email to save herself.
Except that post sat-phone, the Base has plenty of motivation to train well in opsec. Or catch a tomahawk. You working for Fox News these days? Or just wishful thinking?
