[Milsurplus] Re: [armyradios] Stolen military items for saleonline

[Revcom]

I've got some "IRAQI" LHP219's, suppose they'd like to buy them?
Rod

----- Original Message -----
From: "J Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
To: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
Cc: <w9ran at oneradio.net>; "Milsurplus" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Re: [armyradios] Stolen military items for
saleonline


> The insurgents are cutting us to pieces with AK-47s, IEDs, and RPGs.
>
> They don't NEED crypto gear or satellite reconnaissance. All they need to
do is
> meet up at a mosque and go raid something. It's their neighborhood. If
they need
> uniforms, ambush and kill some GIs or go buy it on the commercial market.
Ditto
> for trucks or night vision stuff.
>
> The CNN story is a PR stunt.
>
> FWIW,
> -John
>
>
>
>
>
> Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:19 PM, Robert Nickels <w9ran at oneradio.net>
wrote:
> > > J Forster wrote:
> > >
> > > > The clueless jokers that wrote that report should go to any power
> > > > boating store, where they can buy Gen III night vision gear, likely
> > > > better than mil spec, over the counter for cash.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >  Agreed.    Even secure digital communication gear is no longer
uniquely the
> > > domain of the military.  Anyone can now buy license-free FHSS radios
that
> > > utilize 10 billion unique code combinations for $35.   (Trisquare
TSX-300).
> >
> > Not to mention the high-def satellite pics being sold by I believe the
> > french over the last few years. Or PGP encryption.
> >
> > IMO, the media problem started some years back when the new-age
> > journalists decided to go from reporting the news to editorializing,
> > to creating the news. It's one thing to have it in an analysis program
> > like 60 Minutes or the O'Reilly Factor, using it in an actual new
> > report can be very misleading. They can take an otherwise benign item
> > and make it seem like the coming of the end simply by wording it in a
> > suspicious way.
> >
> > "But its that the real intention, or is it really to hide the
> > existence of aliens captured decades ago who write software for
> > Microsoft?"
> >
> > A quick look at news ratings shows what works and what doesn't, but
> > that hasn't stopped the nonsense. Still, whenever a politician makes
> > such a vague suggestion as the '50 years' statement, it gets my
> > attention. My thoughts would be more along the lines of anything still
> > in production or being sold to allies, etc. But isn't that already the
> > case?
> >
> > Having a law is one thing, enforcing it is another matter. And theft
> > is still theft, last time I checked.
> >
> > ~ Todd, KA1KAQ
>
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