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To: mquinn

transcript below:

OBAMA: You know, I’ve heard from an Army captain who was the head of a rifle platoon — supposed to have 39 men in a rifle platoon. Ended up being sent to Afghanistan with 24 because 15 of those soldiers had been sent to Iraq.

OBAMA: And as a consequence, they didn’t have enough ammunition, they didn’t have enough humvees. They were actually capturing Taliban weapons, because it was easier to get Taliban weapons than it was for them to get properly equipped by our current commander in chief.

OBAMA: Now, that’s a consequence of bad judgment. And you know, the question is, on the critical issues that we face right now, who’s going to show the judgment to lead? And I think that on every critical issue that we’ve seen in foreign policy over the last several years — going into Iraq originally, I didn’t just oppose it for the sake of opposing it. I said this is going to distract us from Afghanistan; this is going to fan the flames of anti-American sentiment; it’s going to cost us billions of dollars and thousands of lives and overstretch our military. And I was right.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/21/debate.transcript/index.html


77 posted on 02/22/2008 7:29:33 AM PST by HD1200
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To: HD1200

A Captain as a platoon leader? WHOA NELLEY.


82 posted on 02/22/2008 7:48:24 AM PST by Lumper20
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To: HD1200
You know, I’ve heard from an Army captain...

When has any military person ever said anything like "We have enough of everything we need. Please don't send us more."?

Standard CYA practice is to ask for much more than you expect and then when you don't get it, you have an excuse, and someone above you to point your finger at.

Obomba, and his ilk, hear this stuff, and take the blame right to the CIC.

83 posted on 02/22/2008 7:50:06 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Scrape the bottom, vote for Rodham!)
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To: HD1200

wow. a captian in charge of rifle platoon? usually those are 2nd Lts. Maybe he was f*ck up but I think Borat is lying.


92 posted on 02/22/2008 8:12:38 AM PST by Liberty2007 (I AM AWESOME , The best thing on Talk radio----Michael Savage)
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