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  • Please, Sir, May I Have Some Armor?

    12/08/2004 8:04:30 PM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 70 replies · 1,854+ views
    NY Times ^ | Dec 9, 2004
    We're used to hearing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld answer questions about things that went wrong in Iraq by saying they went right. When he does that to reporters, it's annoying. When he does it to troops risking their lives in his failed test of bargain-basement warfare, it's outrageous. Yesterday, Mr. Rumsfeld told soldiers at a staging area in Kuwait to ignore "the doubters" who say the escalating war is not going well. Then he invited the troops, some of them headed to their second combat tours, to ask him "tough questions." They evidently thought he meant it. A National Guard...