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The M4 is preferred because it has a shorter barrel. In modern combat, which is to say urban combat, that extra 5 inches of gun makes a difference in how fast you move. The M4 also fires faster, again better for CQB. Not to mention that the M14 is still produced and used.

I can tell you've never been to Afghanistan.

If the military put as much money in the M14, as Russia did with the AK, there would be very few problems. The M14 did start out as a full-auto.

Big companies don't NEED to sue you, most small businesses never patent their ideas, so they can just steal and use them. It's not a flaw in the legal system that any party can claim and attempt to prove that their patents are being infringed, either.

But they do anyways, especially if they see you as a threat. There's these things called "Lawyers", and they have plenty.

http://gawker.com/5853402/apple-threaten...s-an-apple

Arming the rebels in countries we'd like to be on our side isn't new, we've done it dozens and dozens of times. It's not just so someone can profit, it's because we would very much like an ally in the Middle East that the others don't have a blood feud with.

Please restrain your comments to what you actually know about.

No shit. But in Syria, Al-Nusra controls the rebellion. Hence, we would be arming Al-Qaeda. And we can't afford that.

Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Georgia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Pakistan(on paper) are all our allies in the Middle East, how many more do we need? As long as there is an Iran, there will always be countries with "blood feud".

Passed or not, don't you think even the idea of patenting DNA is fucked? I think so.

Please restrain your comments to what you actually know about.

Re-read my first sentence before you act like a smart ass.