[Williams]

I am not anybody's tool. I am more than willing to concede that not all vehicles should be armored, that armored vehicles are available, that the press is using this, that there are production problems, that it is being dealt with.

BUT a soldier still got up and asked it, there was some applause from other soldiers, Rumsfeld admitted some type of problem.

I am not willing to take it out on the troops because the press is left wing. To whatever extent a problem exists, let's apply more resources to fix it because we have a volunteer force and we don't need any supply or morale problems.

I support Bush, Rumsfeld, and the troops. Even Rush Limbaugh put a veteran on who argued the troops need this solved and Rush mainly countered only with the liberal media's misuse of the story. He did NOT argue with what the veteran said re the equipment.

[SierraWasp]

"Rush mainly countered only with the liberal media's misuse of the story."

And THAT IS the singular, one and only point of this whole story. The rest is pretty typical of the military.

My first born son was in the airforce and came home and complained that they had to canabalize the avionics from some helicopters to keep others flying during peacetime. That's why the military has the saying "Situation NORMAL... All Futzed Up!!!" (as in SNAFU). Stuff HAPPENS!