Jack, you need to get your facts straight.
That's pretty laughable, coming from someone who posted this clinker:
...the "we" that beat the Taliban (which did not exist until several years AFTER the Russians were driven out) and AQ consisted largely of other Afghans--
The CIA being on the ground "weeks" before the SF doesn't change the fact that the ragtag Afghani NA forces were impotent against the Taliban until US technology, highly trained warriors and air power cleared the way. The bearded guys on ponies came in afterward to occupy the killing ground. Americans sure as hell beat the Taliban, and we should be proud of the fact, not denying it.
The Minuteman had his place in history, but it has passed. A single US infantryman today has more firepower, support and training than all the folks at Lexington and Concord together (on both sides!). ARs may be good for plinking, hole-punching, maybe some hunting, and dreams-of-glory fantasizing, but I wouldn't bet my life on one against an average police SWAT team, much less a modern soldier.
