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Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto
Whilst I think the comment about the $40M being better spent on better equipment was quite funny (HumVees were only mentioned by TFP, not in the original quote), I'm not sure if this criticism is really valid.
Sure, it's a lot of money. Sure it could be spent on better things.
But so can almost everything.
If we want to be smartypants, the billions of dollars being spent on the entire war could be better spent. The billions of dollars being spent on proping up Israel (militarily) could probably be better spent. The billions of dollars being used to fund NASA could be better spent.
But we don't live in a utopian dreamland, so money gets distributed along party political lines. The Democrats would be no different from the Republicans.
Mr Mephisto
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Thank you Mr. M. I will admit the only reason I mention Humvees is that's the first thing that comes to mind when I hear "The US military not being properly Equipped.". In the US Media here when you heard the news mention anything about needing equipment it was always about armor on our vehicles.
Mind you I may be generalizing it a tad bit to much, but I listen to the news almost 6 hours a day because of my job, and imagine being bombarded for 3 weeks of straight "Our Humvees have no armor".