Hillary Wraps Herself In Armor (Michelle Malkin)

GOP USA ^ | 01-11-06 | Michelle Malkin

[martin_fierro]

[smoothsailing]

Now that's just too much, martin! :)

[smoothsailing]

It was a good read, John. I got a kick out of your back and forth below the article with "MassLiberal".LOL!

[Candor7]

"Hillary! is no more after honesty or actual improvements in the military than her cohort, Chuck schumer is after a better judiciary"

This says it all!

[bpjam]

That picture is freakin' sweet!

Yes, Saint Hillary. Military Historian. Security Expert. Health Care Guru. Legal Savant. Soul-less shrew. (I couldn't decide if I needed the hypen or not, but I'm pretty sure she could use one...or forty).

[HarleyLady27]

At least President Bush is doing ALOT more for our troops than her and her slime-other half EVER did for the military when they were selling out the white house to perverts.....

[Unfrozen Caveman Engineer]

I'd like to see her wear it around. This crap is so heavy it is rediculous. I am a big boy, I weigh 220. With my uniform, boots, weapon, flack, plates and helmet(not counting ammo) and a 10 lb carry on I was around 360 lbs. Yeh, my dogs are barking. Now you tote all that crap around when its over 125 degrees...

I am in Supply and I can tell you I have NEVER seen or heard of new things being fielded as quickly as what I have seen here. Its amazing how quickly the supply system is getting newer and better equipment out to us. Things that were not even thought of before the war. A lot of hard work is being done behind the scenes by both military and civilians and the goal is always to win and to protect as many people as possible.

[Americanexpat]

As a Vietnam vet I can remember fighting a war with no armor at all and I can say that having been to Iraq as a civilian security contractor and wearing the body vests I can appreciate some protection from small arms fire.

However, it simply amazed me that these guys, soldiers and Marines, could wear body armor, Kelvar helmets, rucksacks, rifle, pistol, ammunition, grenades, LAAWS rockets, grenade rounds for grenade launchers and still move. Our guys are in top physical shape and I know carrying all that shit around in that heat has got to be pure torture. Then on top of that they patrol, and fight battles too. Truly amazing. God bless em.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Hillary is NOT wearing her same old black pantsuit anymore?

Any photo's lately to prove what Michelle Malkin implied?

[Robert A Cook PE]

Thanks for the update!

And for the service.

[pageonetoo]

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[beyond the sea]

"What can you say about Hillary Clinton that hasn't already been muttered under somebody else's breath?"

;-)

[mewzilla]

Well, I am bewildered, too. Bewildered at how such a supposedly brilliant and savvy woman -- who is supposedly in tune with American troops -- can so blithely ignore the grave trade-offs involved in this matter.

Smartest woman in America.

Snort.

Run, Hillie, run.

[hershey]

the other day, I was talking to the father of a Marine serving in Fallujah -- the Second Division, I think.
He'd just gotten a parcel from his son, Billy, and was hoping to get a phone call. Every three days or so, Billy calls and lets him know he's okay. Two of his buddies were killed last week by snipers, and he said the marines know the snipers are there...but don't (can't?) do anything until someone gets shot. (PC warfare?). He also said the body armor doesn't cover shoulders and sides, which is where snipers aim. Also said they're short of everything, socks, underwear, food, etc.. (Which we know from other FR posters.)They have only one GPS system for every seven marines. He thought this was crazy, bought one ($350), and sent it to his son. He wept and said he was proud Billy had become a Marine. He's due home in March.

[hershey]

Heartbreaking, when we could wipe out this rats' nest in a week if we had a mind to. PC warfare is just one more weapon in the enemy's arsenal.

[proud American in Canada]

Re #24: LOL! I've always loved that picture. That soldier went above and beyond. ;)

[colonialhk]

The military was not welcome in their White House but like all Clinton things they are now test marketing a new position to "help" the military help them.

As stereotypical children of the 60's the Clinton's will never get "it". Hillary will lead the failure of this nation if allowed to regain power.

[michigander]

Last week, a group called Soldiers for the Truth leaked results of an unpublished Pentagon study that reportedly found that as many as 80 percent of a random sample of Marines killed in Iraq from wounds to the upper body could have survived if they had had extra body armor.

This is not a new revelation ...

105th Congress 2d Session
Report 105-532
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 12, 1998

Land warrior

The budget request contained $51.4 million for initial procurement of Land Warrior dismounted combat soldier weapon systems, but no funds were included for all-torso body armor.

In its report on H.R. 1119 (H. Rept. 105-132), the committee noted that the effectiveness of modern all-torso body armor was aptly demonstrated during Operation Provide Hope in Somalia and that subsequent Army studies and analyses indicated more than 50 percent of all life-threatening wounds received in combat could be prevented by using such body armor. The committee believes that the medical expenses and loss of human life that could be avoided by employing this type of armor far outweigh the costs of procuring and fielding it; therefore, the committee recommends $56.4 million, an increase of $5.0 million, for the procurement of all-torso body armor.

[Doogle]

Faster than you can say "quagmire," Hillary landed on ABC's "Good Morning America" to lambaste the Bush administration as "incompetent" and its failure to provide more armor "unforgivable."

..if her impotent and cigar playing husband had a backbone and didn't use the FBI and CIA as pawns to protect his self indulging, obstinate life, our troops wouldn't be needing body armor. If he had follow his sworn duty to protect Americans home and abroad, instead of creating a Hollywood image,and raising cash from Chinese,Arabs,and anyone else who was anti-American, maybe just maybe, there would be 5,000 American lives around. This B*TCH makes my skin crawl

Doogle

[TexasCajun]

ABC gave Hillary free rein without any Whitehouse or Republican rebuttal and spun the body armor issue like our soldiers didn't have any armor at all, not just the side-armor.