RUMSFELD SET UP; REPORTER PLANTED QUESTIONS WITH SOLDIER (DRUDGE SIREN)

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[Darksheare]

Just wanted you to see what I was saying to Mr. Bill there.
He was claiming to support the troops in his post to you.
So I was helping him with his claim.
*cough*

[prairiebreeze]

Vietnam Media REDUX

It's getting hard to tell who is becoming more hysterical as the time draws closer to the Iraqi elections, the terrorists pukes or the media pukes.

[TexKat]

I posted that yellow ribbon because I was in agreeance with your post.

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

Regardless, Rumsfeld needs a grilling.

Perhaps he will go back and tell Bush it was VERY stupid to send Africa $15 billion dollars to maintain their bad sexual practices. This good money should have been used to design and produce a new urban warfare armored vehicle.

Maybe something like that Urban Warfare Vehicle in the movie "Stripes" will do just fine and dandy.

I say keep grilling Rumsfeld.

[highlandbreeze]

Well, that's the what has made me so angery about this whole thing too. I know that they are doing what they can for the troops, just the wheels of government move slowly. Where were all these people complaining about the lack of armour when we were in Mogadishu(sp)? Oh, that's right, Saint Clinton was the Pres. Now, that Bush is in, whatever it takes to hurt him.

Thanks you. I love that quote form Patton.

[ComVet44]

Why are new troops being sent to Iraq bring their own unarmored Vehicles.The units leaving whose tour is up probably are taking their vehicles which are armored with them. Stupid policy The Commanders there should leave those vehicles there for the relieving troops.

Casualities would be down and troop morale would go up. the wounded rate is about 10 times the deaths so far. Thus the overall casualties is around 12,000 or about 8%. That's too high. I can't understand why our military didn't anticipate the wave of suicide car bombings and roadside mines. What has happened to so called American ingenuity and ability to adapt to changing tactics our our enemies.

[marty60]

Don't wory about him. he'll get ever bit of armor available. You think the media wouldn't make him a posterboy against the Americans if he got a scratch. he just insured his survival.

[justshutupandtakeit]

The proper term is "RATmedia."

[Robert A Cook PE]

And, in truth, I didn't read all 461 comments between your first statement and this reply! 8<)

[Mo1]

Good grief. "Can we have more armor? - We're picking through junkyards here." I know for a fact it's true. It's not an unfair question

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And according to this article they choose to go through the junkyards and look for scrapes of armor instead of being flown into the area where the armor vechicles are all ready there

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1297858/posts?page=473#473

"While some 278th soldiers were pleased about the prospect of a plane ride into Iraq, others said they didn't want to miss the ground convoy's adrenaline rush."

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Cyn is not questioning the question asked .. she is questiong the reporting of the question asked

There is a difference

[Darksheare]

I know.
Mr. Bill was trying to claim something he has not ever done.
Was just letting you know I was responding to his post to you.

He claims our being in Iraq is "unconstitutionally spreading Democracy" as per the first link in that post to him.

[SierraWasp]

"...and this is the richest nation on Earth."

Holy Toledo!!! That's right out of the perpetual Liberals Little Red Phrase Book!!! Did a FReeper actually post that here??? Holy Toledo!!! (I gotta go look an see!!!)

[Robert A Cook PE]

If he had said "The food at the chow hall really stinks, when can we get better?" he would have gotten the same cheers.

Well, at least that would have been the trooper's OWN question, instead of a liberal reporter's force-fed induced garbage .....!

[Darksheare]

Post 196 has the money quote so to speak.

[marty60]

Your right, I'm going to use that instead of MSM.

[Mo1]

Yes ... and some are trying to do the same thing again

[Steel Wolf]

Now, here's the interesting piece which virtually no one understands. The primary vehicles used by our Special Operations troops did NOT have any armor because they are needed for fast response.

Exactly. Get in, do the raid, throw the prisoners in the back, and get the hell out. You don't need to be fiddling around with slow vehicles, cramped conditions, and heavy doors. You need speed.

I never felt concerned about an IED since the tactic at the time was the RPG and I drove like hell!

Even with command detonated IEDs, the insurgents have a very hard time hitting fast moving vehicles. And if you drove a beat up Toyota pickup like a maniac I'm sure you fit right in anyway. ;-)

[txradioguy]

Let's hope that the Public Affairs officer for the 270th ACR kindlt (ok I lied I hope it was rather un kindly) informed Mr. Pitts taht he would no longer be able to accompany the Regiment on their trip north from Kuwait and that there was a seat waiting for him on the next flight out of Kuwait International. Being an Army Public Affairs person myself...that's what I personally would have puched the command to do.

[marty60]

Yeah by focusing the terrorists on the Humvees, even more than they already are. Maybe they'll use 6 RPG's against the upgraded ones. Rather than 1 or 2.

[Redbob]

"Who is the reporter...we need name(s)!"

Upon reading the story posted here, one learns the reporter's name is Edward Lee Pitts...