Many Iraq-Bound GIs Buy Own Armor

[Killarney]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/26/iraq/main608789.shtml?cmp=EM8705
Soldiers headed for Iraq are still buying their own body armor - and in many cases, their families are buying it for them...

towards the end of the article it mentions:

A bill being considered in Congress would reimburse families who bought body armor before the Army asked for increased production to bridge the gap between soldiers who had armor and those that did not.

But of course whoever this AP writer is fails to mention that the bill is sponsored by Kerry. :eyes:

[Mari333]

1. So whats new, the white house makes jokes at the dead soldiers

expense. We bought Mike many things and made sure he gets food and comforts he wouldnt otherwise have.
No way will we let him suffer any more then he has over there.
Its just what you have to do, to make sure they are safe. someone on here suggested a Cooling packet for his vest and helmet. we sent it.
Heck ya, we did.
theres no way we will let him stand there in 120 degree heat with an 80 pound vest.
The military doesnt care, they dont give a rats ass that he has scoliosis of the spine (which they diagnosed and lost his X rays for), or that they are sending guys over with maximum physical and psychological ailments.
Thats why there will be a draft. Believe me.
The military is stretched so thin its beyond belief. Families are in an uproar about it, Im not the only one.
welcome to fascist USA, where the neocons are starting their wars and throwing all our kids into them, and the wealthy bastards stay home and make jokes about our dead soldiers at black tie dinners while the military families pay for equipment .
http://www.mfso.org
http://www.bringthemhomenow.com

[underpants]

2. but but I thought W bought $87 Billion worth of armor

hmm maybe I was misinformed by those ads.

[imax2268]

3. so...

who's not supporting the troops now...???

[underpants]

4. Apparently not Rumsfeld either

The preview on ABC WNT also featured Marine Lt.Gen Greg Newbold saying that Rummy and his staff hyped prewar intelligence and that everything he saw (raw intel.)painted Saddam as a "paper tiger" but I can't find that quote anywhere.


http://abcnews.go.com/sections/Primetime/World/donald_rumsfeld_040325-1.html

John White, who was Secretary of the Army at that time, said Rumsfeld micromanaged what the military calls deployment: determining exactly which troops would go and exactly when they would leave.

He charges Rumsfeld's interference caused troops to arrive in Iraq without equipment, and crucial support units to be weeks late in getting there. "I would argue he was not part of the cure. He was part of the problem," White said.

"We didn't have enough troops, enough boots on the ground, to stop the looting, to stop the wholesale destruction of the infrastructure of the country that we're now asking the American taxpayers to pay for," said White.

[9215]

5. Isn't it Ollie North's company that's

profiteering on this?

Seems I remember that.