I believe he was giving a honest question but at the same time he was giving off information about our vulnerablities. Now the enemy knows to attack National Guard Humvees at certain areas because they lacked armor. What happen in WWII? What was production liked? Did our troops have everything after being downsized after WWI? No, they have to produce it. All our industies went into war effort. Can we do this today with current labor laws and union rules?
I'm sure all through history our fighting men did not have everything they needed. I'm sure the Flying Fortresses were not armored. The guys who sat in the domes underneath these planes didn't have any protection except guts and he didn't announce it to the world about how vulnerable he was.
I had this thought last night about WW2 - thanks for posting it. Although there is not a one of us who doesn't want our guys to have absolutely any and every thing to keep them safe - it is impossible to put them in a bubble. Maybe one day technology will do just that - but yet and not in this war. God bless and keep our fighting men/women.