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When national security and business interests collide, one British spy series gets it right

By Andrew Dunn

Listen: MADDOW: When national security and business interests collide, one British spy series gets it right

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So in other words

We're setting up the Iraqi Rebellion, where Iraqi insurgents murder US forces out of Iraq using US technology, right?

And another thing, don't weapons tend to dictate tactics? You're going to behave differently if you're equipped with a Walther P99 than you would with a FN M249, or with a Dragunov SVD.

And on a related subject, are you implying sending spies into the Iraqi government? I do think it's a bit too early for that...

BTW, have you thought about writing a spy novel or series? Just curious, is all...

By DAWUSSAugust 6, 2008 - 2:57pm

Awhile back I talked to

Awhile back I talked to someone who had served in Iraq. He said that they really didn't take AK-47s seriously because they were terrible weapons.

So if we're going to start arming them with something other than AK-47s, we're probably going to be sending lots of superior guns into the country, aren't we?

This is just sad all around.

By Jason M. BryantAugust 6, 2008 - 3:13pm

AK-47s are still in use by

AK-47s are still in use by countries? I thought those countries have upgraded to the AK-74 by now...

BTW, wasn't the joke that "Vietnam proved AK-47 > M16"?

By DAWUSSAugust 6, 2008 - 3:19pm

I always thought the advantage of the AK-47

was that it's easy to field-strip and will still fire even after being left in the mud or in the underbrush. While it wasn't as accurate or powerful as the M16, it also wasn't as complex or (relatively) delicate.

I am sorry to say I don't know from the AK-74 - does it continue the AK-47's famous ease and reliability?

By drdarkenyAugust 7, 2008 - 2:22am

Chuck Todd is wrong

...about McCain in NH.. No one is paying a lick of attention to Duval Patrick in Massachusetts.. McCain is still seen as "belonging to" New Hampshire... and that will draw voters for that reason alone. The voters in NH from all political locations see McCain in an emotional, rather than, rational way.. and that is of concern.. Undeclared (aka "Independents") tend to lean towards republican candidates.. That voter block is the wild child of the family.. they historically react in a libertarian leaning, "hard nosed", fashion. And that block is really huge.. greater than a third, (i think). I believe Obama is going to have a hard time pulling off a win in NH.. Which terribly saddens me because I fear for our massively RNC attacked, but damn near perfect Representative for District one, Carol Shea Porter... as well as down the ticket. Our first time in a hundred years majority of the state house may slip away. A depressing possibility.
We are working hard here in NH to keep things going.. Hug resources are going into holding the majority in this state..
I would be interested in knowing if other on the edge "swing states" are working hard as well... sharing tactics of grassroots might be of an advantage. How do progressives progress?:

By Athena1955August 6, 2008 - 7:03pm

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