Arf
As I've said already, what is ticking me off is the assumptions being made, the political points being scored, and the real issues of production being ignored.
This is not the first time this kind of flap has been raised. In the article on body armor I linked to above, the new ceramic armor is discussed. Just invented recently, it was ramped into production to replace the armor our troops were currently using. The shortages of the new ceramic armor were repainted by the media last year to make it look like those who had not gotten the new armor yet had no armor at all. It was a huge flap.
It's the politics that's pissing me off.