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"Dharmananda" |
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09 Dec 2004 10:10:09 PM |
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Rummy is a Bad, Bad Boy, and he REALLY Needs to be Spanked ! |
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/news/politics/120904ap_politics_armor.html
http://tinyurl.com/4gz26
Controversy Continues Over Rumsfeld Armor Question
Dec. 9 (AP) - Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is taking fire for the
statement he made about getting armor to the troops in Iraq. Rumsfeld told
a National Guard soldier that the U.S. was supplying armor as fast as it
can be made. But ABC7 political reporter Mark Matthews talked with
companies making the armor and heard a different story.
The company that makes armored Humvees says they've already offered to
increase production and that it wouldn't cost them any extra. That's
something Donald Rumsfeld denied yesterday in talking with National Guard
troops in Kuwait.
Inadequate armor for the troops and their vehicles in Iraq has been an issue
for more than a year.
At first the Secretary of Defense denied it was a problem. Then yesterday
Rumsfeld told National Guard soldiers the Army is trying to solve the
problem as fast as it can.
Donald Rumsfeld: "It's essentially a matter of physics. It isn't a matter of
money, it isn't a matter on the part of the Army of desire. It's a matter
of production and capability of doing it."
And today the President backed him up.
President Bush: "I've told many families I've met with we're doing
everything we can to protect your loved ones in a mission that is vital and
important."
But the Florida company that makes the armor plating both for the Humvees
and the Army's bullet proof vests says it told the Pentagon several times
it could easily increase production by 22 percent. That's 50 to 100 extra
Humvees every month, but so far the Army hasn't responded.
And a Sacramento company that provides steel panel for door panels told ABC7
they could make more and that it's just a matter of money. The Sierra Army
Depot, assembling the Humvee kits, could increase production by 150
percent.
General Paul Monroe retired this year as head of the California's National
Guard.
Gen. Paul Monroe, California National Guard, retired: "Ultimately it's a
matter of money."
So far the ultimate price has been paid by more than 190 American soldiers
killed in unarmored Humvees. More than half the Humvees are without armor
so soldiers are welding on pieces of scrap metal.
Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher says it's the fault of the administration's
planning.
Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D), Walnut Creek: "They didn't expect to find RPG's
hitting our soldiers. They thought they'd be pelted with roses and victory
parades soon after the end of the Saddam Hussein government."
Today, a spokesman for Donald Rumsfeld said he would not respond to what
we've found out today. And there is a report tonight out of Chattanooga,
Tennessee, that the guardsman who asked Rumsfeld the question about the
missing armor was coached by a reporter for the Chattanooga Free Press. The
reporter embedded with the troops wasn't allowed to ask questions, so says
he passed it on to a guardsman.
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| User: "vonroach" |
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| Title: Re: Rummy is a Bad, Bad Boy, and he REALLY Needs to be Spanked ! |
12 Dec 2004 04:24:19 PM |
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On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 04:10:09 GMT, Dharmananda <Nil@neph.net> wrote:
Today,...
A Florida and California company -you say? Bwahahahhaha.
You clueless jackass, you don't see a media promotion when it is
performed for you. And the highly credible comments from Walnut Creek
.....Bwahahahaahwahah, that queer San Francisco appendage. The so-call
questioner was alleged to be a member of the Tennessee National Guard.
Perhaps some of the other members should come forward. Perhaps we
have been to hasty in awarding an honorary title of `the Vols' to this
malingering bunch of weekend warriors for pay. The Vols was supposed
to be a complementary title indicating patriotism and a volunteer
spirit - seemingly dead this year with these children of yuppies.
Hell, send them home, they seem more fit for terrorizing a school
playground, than performing their countries business.
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