[org.whodat]

Duncan, the man that spent millions on a plane that never flew, what a damn tool. Has no concept of debt.

[Former War Criminal]

Duncan Hunter is not a retired Marine.

[KimberInKhaki]

I am certainly not one who can argue for or against if the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle was that much better than the AMTRACS (amphibious tractors) that the Marines already have.

(This is a picture of the current amtracs in Iraq - I made the picture click-able and the link goes to http://www.amtrac.org):

I did find what seemed to be a more or less balanced article here:

The USMC’s Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle

And apparently this is the official government website for the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle here:

[Redleg Duke]

The EFV is not a "sea-going tank". As usual, the media couldn't tell a tank from a doorknob!

Duh...it has a turret with a gun-thingy and tracks and it is made of metal...gee it gotta be a tank!

The concept of the EFV is good, but the technology challenge is audacious. Just like the Osprey, that all of the budget-cutting nimrods attack, and the CH-47 from the pre-Viet Nam war era, they were ahead of their time.

But, we have to make a choice. Do we provide our Marines with the proper tools to enhance their survival and success, or do we use that money to pay-off the Union Thugs like the UAW, NEA, SEIU, etc.?

[Sequoyah101]

It really doesn’t matter what the Hunter family’s military lineage is.

These are good questions and an even better question is: If this thing is so vital to the Marines how can it take 15 years to develop? How can any machine take 15 years to develop?

As for IED resistant, the Amtrack isn’t nor are most of the old gen armored vehicles. The new trucks are of course and look how long it didn’t take to develop them.