How does the post-we-know-he-lied,get over it White House deal with the sorry fact that too many troops are undersupplied?
Why, you ban all non-government-issued body armor of course. Easy peasy!
"The Army told The Associated Press on Thursday the order banning commercial armor was prompted by concerns that soldiers or their families were buying inadequate or untested gear from private companies -- including Pinnacle's popular Dragon Skin.
Murray Neal, chief executive officer of Pinnacle, said he wants to review the order.
"We know of no reason the Army may have to justify this action," Neal said. "On the surface this looks to be another of many attempts by the Army to cover up the billions of dollars spent on ineffective body armor systems which they continue to try quick fixes on, to no avail."
Early in the Iraq war, soldiers and their families were spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars on protective gear that they said the military was not providing. Last October, after months of pressure from families and members of Congress, the military began a reimbursement program for soldiers who purchased their own protective equipment."
In the meantime, conventional wisdom (ie, most veterans against this war) are quoting appalling statistics showing that Rumsfeld will run out of volunteer troops long before our chestnuts are out of the Iraqi fire. The forces in active duty now are unofficially only about half U.S. Armed Forces. Before this fuckaround is over, it could be an all-mercernary army of paid book-cooking adventurist killers.
Well, I did sort of want to mortgage all my working years and my child's future making Halliburton richer.
What are we going to do about this?
