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Unfortunately for our soldiers, the Clinton Administration only replaced a small percentage of the existing humvees with the new armored humvees, so we went to war in Iraq in 2003 without the vehicles our soldiers needed for urban warfare. So indeed the safety of US soldiers was not a priority of the Clintons in the 1990s.
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And THANK YOU for including Michelle's name in the title - much easier to find and ping out to her list... Bless you!
Hillary & the DNC must be sending out 'talking points' on this 'body armor' issue via emails.
Several letters on the topic have appeared in my local liberal rag this week!
And the writers are including the usual Bush Bashing!
BTTT
Hillary could wrap herself in Armour bacon and she still wouldn't sizzle because she's a ham.
Sorry, I wrote that reply too fast. IIRC, the armored humvee is equipped with ballistic glass and one ton of kevlar armor, not two tons. But it still provides much greater protection than the standard humvee from small arms fire and other light weapons.
Dishonesty in public is the steady diet from the Democrat regulars. Assume that, at any time on any subject, and you'll seldom be surprised by the likes of those two Senators, Rep. Pelosi, and others, and of course, Howard ("the Scream") Dean.
Congressman Billybob
Latest column on Newsbusters.org: "AP Poll Biased: Anti-Bush, Anti-Republican"
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.....
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.
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Smartest woman in America.
Snort.
Run, Hillie, run.
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.
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.
..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
How touching, but instead of treating military personnel as waiters and servants at her cocktail parties, the former "Madam Co-President" should've seen to it that the military was well supplied.
Geez, she is getting to be nearly as acerbic as Ann Coulter.
And that means, the writing just keeps getting better...