[xzins]

Not at all, Cannoneer. I really appreciate your posts....all of them.

My point is simply that the uparmored hummer isn't the answer. The israelis sent the correct answer. Use real armor first, and then bring in the hummers.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

The Up Armored Humvee most definitely is not the answer, but it is being rammed down the Army's throat none the less, because so many think they are qualified to tell the Army how to organize and equip itself.

Not so many people take it upon themselves to tell the Navy what kind of ships to buy or tell the Air Force what kind of planes to buy.

Such has it always been in this Republic. Perhaps President Bush try a variation of President Polk's idea and commission some prominent Democrat politicians as generals and send them to Iraq.