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Originally Posted by lksteve
Somalis couldn't shoot for beans when i got there in December of 1992...they still couldn't shoot when i left in March of 1993...by October of 1993, they had apparently been through some rigorous BMT (old term?) and were rather effective...
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I respectfully disagree with your conclusion.
Darwin in effect.
Those who survived were primarily those who could use cover, and shoot straight.
The others got planted. You were dealing with the survivors.
TR
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