Well,as to US troops using them in vietnam, I guess for about the same reason my granfathers unit used em´throwing grenades,explosives,smoke grenades and such.. Have tried getting in touch with a few of my granddads fellow ss soldiers to hear if they can enlighten me more about the use of slings on the eastern front,will post here when I learn something new
Well,as to israeli vs palestinians: Don´t think we can really say anything for certain,media has a tendency to mess storys up a bit..
BUT,consider this,when you heard that a israeli soldier was hurt what happened next?poof,missile is launched and there goes a city block..You see dead palestinians shot to death,but never a armed one.
Don´t mean to offend anyone,just commenting on what I have observed..
Won´t take sides in that conflict,have both palestinians and jews as friends and have no desire to be caught in the middle..