[Mr Rogers]

my reference in this case to the USAF is due to the OFFICIAL view of the USAF that war is NOT to close in and destroy your enemy --- they take a much more PC view.

News to me, but I've only got 21 years in...

As for these troops - wanting decent equipment, particularly several YEARS after the fight started, is not unreasonable.

[Antoninus]

As for these troops - wanting decent equipment, particularly several YEARS after the fight started, is not unreasonable.

Can you name an army in the world that has better equipment than ours? In the history of the world? The question is: has the definition of "decent" gotten to the point of absurdity.

If there was a way to send our troops into combat with indestructible armor that no bullet, bomb, or RPG could defeat, I'd be all for it. Unfortunately, that's not reality.