That press conference with Rumsfeld where the Guard guy asked the reporter's question was disinformation by the media.
That clown's unit went north with up-armored vehicles. The day of the presser, 97% of their vehicles were complete, with the last several to roll out of the shop the next day.
And send me the link to where YOU were screaming for uparmor before everyone else.
ME screaming for up-armor?
What does that have to do with anything....?
The fact remains that Bush & Co.used the WORST case scenario to justify the immediacy of the invasion in 2003..and the ROSIEST case scenario for everything that would follow afterwards.
In essence they jumped into the pool without checking the water.....and we were therefore on the learning curve for the next 4-5 years ..taking caualties needlessly....
I put this question to an Army officer stationed at Ft.Belvoir I met at a bar in Crystal City Arlington
one night in the fall of 2007 ..and he informed me that my assessment was correct.