They were unarmored because the units involved were light infantry, not even supposed to have vehicles in most cases.
A lot of the issues early on with supply can be laid directly at the feet of the Clinton administration. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:07 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Election Day Results Thread > > but ... it was republicans that sent soldiers out in > unarmored vehicles. What would you actually like to see? > That is my question. I was thinking about this today. I said > an Obama administration should be held accountable also. But > where to start? Obviously the economy. > But how exactly?And what else? Guantanamo? How do you make that right? > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, it is all about dollars and cents. > > Without money, we can't buy the parts we need to keep the vehicles > > running to get us out to train. If we can't train, we are > not ready to > > fight. We can't afford the new equipment or the neccessary upgrades > > that are required to keep us technologically superior. If we can't > > keep our technological superiority, they we are not ready to fight. > > And they like to cut the number of troops, which means they > are going > > to start nit picking and kicking out otherwise good > soldiers just because they are a couple of pounds overweight. > > And since they need less soldiers, they are slower to promote. And > > that means that good soldiers are going to stalemate. Everyone will > > start looking over their shoulders again and backstabbing > each other > > so that they are not axed. > > I can go on and on, but I think that you see the picture. > > > > Again, I truely hope that these things don't happen. I hope that he > > picks his generals and Sec Def based on their experience and > > willingness to keep our military strong and ready at all times. > > Time > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 7:02 PM, G Money wrote: > > > >> > >> Bruce, I know that military spending was cut under Clinton, and > >> generally speaking this seems to be the case....Republicans spend > >> more on military, Democrats generally cut military budgets. > >> > >> But can you get into some of the specifics as to why your military > >> service was so miserable under Clinton, and what specific outcomes > >> you fear from the Obama campaign? Is it all just a matter > of dollars > >> and cents? > >> > >> -- > >> I'm only one, but not alone > >> My finest day, is yet unknown > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278666 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
