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Originally Posted by Lebell
-I would think that the diffence between a Dodge mini-van and a GM Humvee is fairly obvious. The Humvee is also the replacement for the time-tested Jeep, which had even less armor.
-In your opinion, but not mine.
-Since you are the one making the charges, it seems that it would be your responsibility to make such charges stick. And this is the first mention of a conspiracy theory I've seen. Can you explain what you are talking about?
-I looked again at what I typed, and didn't see a typo.
-It seems that the survivabilty and casuality rate would be one logical metric on the technical success of the war. What basis would you use? Because it seems that at least on the surface, you want to make the corallary based solely on the (un)popularity of these wars with the left.
-If you're not careful, your face will freeze like that  |
What I have yet to see in this thread is the statement, repeated many times by Sean Hannity, that the only sin committed by Rumsfeld is not having the proper figures at his fingertips.
At the beginning of the conflict, we supposedly had 200-odd armored vehicles in Iraq. Now, 18 months later, due to increased production and relocation of available assets, we have 15 THOUSAND armored vehicles there.
Can anyone disprove Hannity's statement?
I also wonder how the military got into such a predicament in terms of equipment shortages. Seems like it would have taken six or 8 years of underfunding to reach such a state.