PL>With the way things are going, you may have to "trade" your M16 for an
  >AK under battlefield conditions with a dead middle east (Iran, Iraq)
  >soldier instead of a Russian. The latter is getting too smart to start a
  >hot war, and he is busy learning how to make a living under market
  >economy like the rest of us.  BTW, "trading" rifles with middle east
  >"elite" soldiers seem to be quite easy according to the last Gulf war.
  >Just be careful you don't let them park moving trucks near big
  >buildings.:-)
         At this point, I'm far too old to worry about it, but
there was a time when there was a pretty fair possibility that I was
going to wind up ending my days in a burning tank in Fulda Gap.  And
these days it pays to watch out when people park big trucks near
buildings here. And if things ever heat up here, things like M-16s or
their derivitives are probably going to be less relevant to things than
something like an H&R 929, a brick of ammo and an icepick.
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