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Originally Posted by jorgelito
Why can't the US Armed forces equip our boys over there? That doesn't make sense that you have to "bring your own equipment". I don't care who's in charge (non-partisan thank you very much), this is just wrong. Or maybe I'm wrong. I assumed the US military provides their soldiers that they claim to support with equipment. Is this the case or not? If so, where is all the money going to?
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I think one explanation might be that Rummy et.al. truly believed that the Iraqi's would be tossing flowers at our soldiers, rather than explosives. Our soldiers were sent in without the necessary gear to protect them, nor in sufficient numbers in the case where we find ourselves now. This doesn't explain why the problem has yet to be corrected.
Second question: Halliburton.