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To: Cannoneer No. 4; MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...

Thank you. Pinging the crew.

Ranger: "The Army has been shifting money away from arming the support vehicles for years." ..."To get 3500 Humvees out that we need right now it will take them almost two years to do." "That's crazy."

Caller, just back from Iraq..."I have seen what a roadside bomb (has done) to a Humvee...had holes you could put your fist through....they're made out of aluminum...it literally looked like swiss cheese." "Your sending these Humvees out basically on the front lines. I feel safer in my pickup."

9 posted on 01/02/2004 9:43:48 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ( "Our military is full of the finest people on the face of the earth." ~ Pres. Bush, Baghdad)

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10 posted on 01/02/2004 9:47:25 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4 (Brave Rifles! You have been baptised in fire and blood and come out steel.)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

I feel safer in my Ford F-150 SVT Lightning pickup, too:

Old curmudgeon's like to go fast, too! :):)

19 posted on 01/02/2004 10:20:16 AM PST by blackie

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