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Everybody has an agenda. Those who stand to make money off Strykers have theirs, as do those who stand to make money off M113's, and they all claim it's all for the troops.

And then there are those who want to politicize every death and create in the minds of the mothers of America the notion that it is above and beyond the call of duty to ride in an unarmored vehcle.

11 posted on 05/06/2004 4:49:39 AM PDT by Cannoneer No. 4 (I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)

I don't know about your agenda but I am a 100% service connected veteran of the Vietnam War. I have no stock or other interest in any of these companies nor am I as jaded as you. I can still think.

I think that trying to make an armored vehicle out of a light truck like the humvee is stupid. I worked with M113s in Vietnam before the three block upgrades and they had a gasoline engine back then that would not pull the sheets off the bed. But a few sandbags on the floor protected from mines and if you tripped one you had to change a track - not go to a bunch of funerals.