Re: Defeatest Howard Dean Says US Troops Can\'t Win
unless your friend is in the DOD or at the top levels of the procurement circle, I doubt he has any issue with my statement.
We are nearly three years into combat operations in Iraq, and the troops still don't have the equipment, namely top flight body armor and heavily armored transport vehicles (Hummers) that they need to survive IED attacks. Halliburton and the CPA have enough cash to go around, hell they LOST $8 billion. But the average grunt, especially if he is part of an NG unit, doesn't have the body armor necessary and is scrounging for scrap metal in his spare time to improvise armor for his truck.
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