Look, the media took this one question and answer--out of context, by the way--and shat on Rumsfeld for a week with it.
Over the past week or so I have posted documents, articles, press conferences, and the like showing the actual situation, the supply issues, the technical issues, the hard numbers, and the fact that the military has been ramping up on this for months probably as fast as a bureaucratic pile like the military can. You have no idea how many rules have been changed and how many corners have been cut to speed up the process on this issue.
You see, that's all complicated, and not nearly as satisfying at the idea the Rumsfeld would ignore the whole thing just because he's such an unmitigated bastard and hates the troops. After all, with Ashcroft gone, he and Bush are pretty much the only fat targets left for furious Democrats to shoot at, aren't they?
If only Kerry had been elected president. No doubt whatever god he selected for Secretary of Defense would simply have waved his hand, and all the armor supply issues, retrofits, design alterations, and other issues would have been swept aside in one stroke.
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- And one last bit on the armor flap...
- Okay, a bit more.
- From here on out, I don't want to hear anything further from you about 'The Troops'
- And they qualify---must be part of Homeland Security
- Hummers as a business write-off?
- So, I show the entire flap was largely baseless, and that's your comeback? (n/t)
- You showed nothing--you merely found an apologist to get the spin that reinforced this admin..... (n/t)
- Yeah, what the hell would the Defense Department know about it? (n/t)
- Enough to know their jobs are on the line if they come up with the wrong answer.
- Shot at
- Being shot at is being in the wrong place at the right time......
- re: Being shot at
- And war is always about the failure of the political process.......... (n/t)
- I'd like to think you're too intelligent for crappy cliches like that.
- And war is always about the failure of the political process.......... (n/t)
- re: Being shot at
- Being shot at is being in the wrong place at the right time......
- Shot at
- Enough to know their jobs are on the line if they come up with the wrong answer.
- Yeah, what the hell would the Defense Department know about it? (n/t)
- You showed nothing--you merely found an apologist to get the spin that reinforced this admin..... (n/t)