America's Military Says It Best: We Rushed To War Without Fully Equipping Our Troops

John Kerry For President ^ | April 26, 2004

[Sacajaweau]

You hit the nail on the head!! It got out of there as soon as he could. How many guys stayed in after being shot up a few times. I'm now inclined to believe that he had two schrapnel wounds from the same incident" and got a purple heart for each...i.e., the truth is some where between.

[oyez]

I certainly hope so. Thanks for your response.

[MoralSense]

Yep, that's the word from the old-line bureaucratic Pentagon stodgoes, all right.

[WOSG]

That website is quite funny.

But this guy uses the F word on the front page of his website, so of *course* he'll be a John *&F*&F Kerry voter. With JF KErry, our civilization can fall but we will be well-stocked with expletives to enjoy The Fall ...

"Apres moi, nous sommes vraiment efffed"

[sauropod]

heh. Ping!

[hellinahandcart]

My memory must be getting wonky. I seem to recall spending a year plus getting everything into position for Iraq.

[NYC GOP Chick]

FYI:

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[cyborg]

LOL... john kerry is a douchebag? Tell us something we don't know already Mr.Blevins.

[armymarinemom]

John Kerry. You don't want to know what a lot of the Mothers of America think of you. I have fished objects out of my garbage disposer that warrant a higher regard.

[af_vet_rr]

Did we ever get into a war the we were really prepared for?

No. The first Gulf War would be pretty close, but then again some units actually moved to fast once the shooting started, and outran their logistics plan. That may not count though.

The problem with the ongoing war has less to do with preparation and more to do with execution - I don't think the Iraqis every really felt like we defeated them. We took much of their military/government infrastructure down to the ground, and decapitated the government, but it was like one day they were controlled by Saddam, the next by us. They didn't go through the kind of conditions that the Germans or Japanese did in WWII. There were too many units that just faded back into the woodwork as well.

Mind you, I'm not advocating that we do to Iraq what we did to Germany or Japan in WWII - the current war can't even compare to that. It's because our weapons and troops are so damn good (precise, much more lethal, requiring less target follow-ups, etc.), that we left most civilian areas and infrastructure intact. I really think they never felt defeated, but that's my opinion, and I am probably in the minority on thinking that.

[USNBandit]

You have a good point. How much of this statement is truth and how much is the "Stryker Mafia" supporting its cause?

Is Stryker, I would assume still in low production, the answer? How about an up armored USMC LAV. Not nearly as big as the Stryker, but in the standard configurations has more firepower. I don't know their relative armor levels, but the LAV is small enough for city streets and the 25mm cannon is sweet.

[MNJohnnie]

And this is suppose to help a guy who voted REPEATEDLY to cut Military spending? If, and I doubt that they did, the Military went into Iraq underprepared, it is the hundred of votes John Kerry cast gutting military spending during the 1990s that are to blame.

[talleyman]

If only John Kerry had been President - he'd have given the troops medals to throw at the enemy! (or is that ribbons? someone else's medals/ribbons/whatever....)

[Darksheare]

Done.
Arch, theFirmbss requested in post # 33 to be taken off the ping list.
My mirrored list is amended as such.
Just to keep us on the same page with the mirrored lists.

[archy]

Arch, theFirmbss requested in post # 33 to be taken off the ping list.

My mirrored list is amended as such.
Just to keep us on the same page with the mirrored lists.

That's the idea. theFirmbss removed from mine as well.

[archy]

Arch, theFirmbss requested in post # 33 to be taken off the ping list.

My mirrored list is amended as such.
Just to keep us on the same page with the mirrored lists.

That's the idea. theFirmbss removed from mine as well.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Lots have keystrokes on M1114 Up Armored HMMWV over the last 6 months.

Check out key words wheeledarmor and uparmoredhumvee

[Cannoneer No. 4]

No one is going to be swayed by this -- except maybe a few swing voters who will laugh at the idea that George Bush doesn't care about the U. S. military.

I wish you were right, but I'm afraid you aren't.

[PsyOp]

What Kerry meant to say:

This memo is just the latest example of this Administration's continuing disregard struggle to undo Clinton-era neglect for the men and women who put their lives on the line every day in Iraq.

The Bush White House went was forced to go to war without being prepared because of Clinton-era policies backed by senator Kerry and it has got to devote itself to play catch-up making sure that the troops in Iraq have the equipment they need to win the peace.

John Kerry knows what it is like to fight in war drive a boat and will make sure American soldiers are protected as much as possible when they go into battle become fodder for terrorists while he grovels before the U.N. The American military’s men and women deserve nothing less but slander when they are in harm’s way.

[Darksheare]

OKers.