Imagine there is an attack on some of our soldiers in Iraq. They return fire, killing some of the attackers and wounding others. Some of the wounded manage to escape, and in getting treatment for their wounds, they find the bullets they have been shot with are stamped: "Made in Israel".

Boy are they ticked now. They are now so mad at the United States for shooting them with Israeli ammunition that they are going to do … what? Maybe organize an attack on the United States military?

In an effort to avoid this escalation of violence, the U.S. Congress has stepped in.

Headline Reuters: U.S. Army Told Not to Use Israeli Bullets in Iraq

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli-made bullets bought by the U.S. Army to plug a shortfall should be used for training only, not to fight Muslim guerrillas in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. lawmakers told Army generals on Thursday.

Since the Army has other stockpiled ammunition, "by no means, under any circumstances should a round (from Israel) be utilized," said Rep. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii, the top Democrat on a House of Representatives Armed Services subcommittee with jurisdiction over land forces….

Although the Army should not have to worry about "political correctness," Abercrombie was making a valid point about the propaganda pitfalls of using Israeli rounds in the U.S.-declared war on terror, said Rep. Curt Weldon, the Pennsylvania Republican who chairs the subcommittee on tactical air and land forces.

"There’s a sensitivity that I think all of us recognize," Weldon told the Army witnesses, including Maj. Gen. Buford Blount, who led the U.S. Third Infantry Division that captured Baghdad in April 2003.

Perhaps upon hearing this, those currently attacking our forces in Iraq will realize the error of their ways, lay down their weapons, and send flowers to our soldiers. But on the other hand, perhaps they will just continue to plan their next attack with their hostility not at all abated by our attempt to avoid offending their sensitivities.

When you are shot, what difference does it make where the ammunition came from? Even if the people attacking our troops in Iraq might possibly be offended, why do we care? If our soldiers are being shot at, they are going to shoot back with the intent of killing or disabling the attackers. Our lawmakers have put these soldiers in the strange position of trying to kill those who are attacking them, but kill them in a way that doesn’t hurt their feelings. Perhaps we should engrave an apology on the bullets as well.