What if the US adopted the FN FAL instead of the M14? From what I've researched, it was petty politics that lead to the adoption of the mediocre M14 (based on the M1 Garand) and not the excellent FN FAL (A revolutionary design that would have been NATO's standard rifle.) Politics in America also meant that the M60 was adopted instead of the FN MAG until the late 1970s. Why America, why do you reject these obviously better firearms over your meh firearms? 'fraid that the Belgiums have poison your waffles?