One thing glaringly missing from the story was any real discussion of bullets vs. caliber. As long as our troops are mandated to use ball ammo instead of modern LEO JHP ammo, common sense dictates... The bigger the hole, the better. Another vote for .45 ACP here, regardless of platform.
The surest way to increase handgun lethality against insurgents would to issue 9mm ammo with expanding bullets. Terrorists are not party to the Geneva Convention.
