So, just send the troops off without what they need? Admitting it might sound like we don't have our act together, and the enemy might enjoy hearing it? This isn't some kind of leftist spin. The Army Chief of Staff has already made clear that this is a problem.
FR is in a deep paranoia funk. It's not all about leftists. There are problems in the world that aren't MSM inventions.
It's easier to blame the ubiquitous "them" for our problems then it is for us to admit that we've gotten to where we are through our own mistakes. There's paranoia involved, but the right in this country is also in a state of deep denial.
Fallon says U.S. miscalculated Iraq
WASHINGTON - Adm. William Fallon, who is poised to become the top American commander in the Middle East, says the United States miscalculated the ability of Iraqi forces to take control and underestimated the enemy's persistence.
"Securing the stability of the country has been more difficult than anticipated," Fallon said in a written statement to the Senate Armed Services Committee. "Our ability to correctly assess the political, economic and security situation in Iraq has been lacking."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070130/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq_16
I have never met a general that didn't want more equipment for his men.
We go in with what we have.
Public debate of our equipment status works for the enemy.
Its the equivalent of complaining publically about this upcoming "D-Day Event"..."Ya know, they are cramming all of those soldiers into boats and gonna force them to climb onto a beach in Normandy"... ya, thats sympathetic to our troops to give away such info.