Posted on 12/20/2004 7:18:37 AM PST by Pikamax
LOL!
Sadly, I think this soldier WAS the embed.
I've responded to this before, which YOU conveniently ignored. Up-Armoring Humvees does NOT afford the same protection as building armored ones. And higher production rates on NEW armored Humvees was ONLY initiated AFTER the soldier asked the question.
There can be only ONE reason for this - That Rumsfeld's department was not doing what it could to protect the troops he is SUPPOSED to be responsible for. He is trying to fight a war without giving the troops everything they need and without listening to the his senior leadership. He's trying to take a page out of the Robert McNamara school of SecDefs and it's working all too well.
Unfortunately the problem with you guys is that you won't realize how wrong you were until the Muslims strike again and our Army is in such a sad shape from this war that we won't be able to respond properly. You can either keep drinking the Kool Aid, or write letters to your congressmen and Bush asking for Rumsfeld to be sacked. I spent 8 1/2 years as a Marine and a Soldier and confidence in this man among my circle is at an all time low in light of recent events.
FYI - Read my post history. I'm the farthest thing from a liberal you'll find, but I know incompotence when I see it, and far too many of my friends in the military agree with me for me to be comfortable with Rummy. The best decision Bush could make would be to ask Rumsfeld to tender his resignation immediately after the elections.
He screwed up. Send him to the Russian front. Siberia.
Like I thought, the facts mean squat to you.
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