Vinny From NYC wrote:
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:15:42 -0600, "HeyBub"
wrote Re The right grease:

The Marines just deployed a new ammunition in Afghanistan - it's a
not-really hollow point.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news..._ammo_021510w/

My interpretation of the article and what hoops had to be jumped in
order to get the ammo, leads me to believe that America's politically
imposed fighting strategy is still "when we fight, we fight to loose"
like in Vietnam.

Can anyone confirm this?

There's an international treaty against the use of dum-dum bullets. I
suspect legions of lawyers had to sign-off on this new round.