" Sometimes it's the faster vehicle that makes you survive."
" Speed is security " was the operative phrase in many areas of Iraq , during the height of the insurgency.
Everyone that needs to know and is in a position to affect change, is well aware that some troops are cannibalizing old tanks and taking scrap metal to up armor their vehicles.
This is not news.
My brother had a conversation with a very high ranking member of this administration about the situation he and his men encountered in Iraq.
The conversation included the good and the bad.
It was done in private-not in a public forum , with the slavering media ready to pounce.
The welfare of the troops and the operational situation on the ground, is paramount to the Bush administration .
The situation is being dealt with through the appropriate chain of command-which does not include Maureen Dowd and Peter Jennings.