Posted on 12/10/2004 7:04:48 PM PST by Doctor Raoul
Here is the transcript
Secretary Rumsfeld Town Hall Meeting in Kuwait (entire transcript)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1299325/posts
Bump!
I called UPS. They will ship to Iraq, but you have to pick up your shippment at their offices in Baghdad or Basra. They don't deliver to anyone's door.
Also, length, width and height can't total more than 165 inches.
The weight limit on packages to Iraq, 150 lbs.
Yeah, ship armor plate by UPS, that'll work.
I heard that caller! She was a total whack job! It was all Rush could do to keep from telling her so.
Can I get one of those for rush hour traffic?
LOL
yeah, I'm bettin' that at 10,000 lbs plus; your milege would be about what...6?
can you imagine an armored gasoline tanker?????
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Uh, actually, I was a 'ground-pounder'.
I didn't have one of these ( actually had an M151, on and off again).
I didn't whine either. wouldnn't have done no good.
I remembered my father's and uncle's stories abotu the big one, WW2, and Korea.
THEY suffered real privation.
BTTT
Simple solution. The new Iraqi government can simply kick the media out of their country. They don't have a First Amendment. Sorry.
bttt
Wasn't it General Patton who said "Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man."?
Mujahideen (مجاهدين; also transliterated as mujāhidīn, mujahedeen, mujahedin, mujahidin, mujaheddin, etc.) is a plural form of mujahid (مجاهد), which literally translates from Arabic as "struggler", someone who engages in jihad, or "struggle", but is often translated as "holy warrior". In the late twentieth century, the term "mujahideen" became popular in the media to describe various armed fighters who subscribe to Islamic ideologies, although there is not always an explicit "holy" or "warrior" meaning within the word.
Does "Pajamahadeen" sound like a derivative word you want to label yourself with?
Dishonest posturing is the default setting for the nastiest people in Congress...
an up-armored Humvee M1114 weighs 2000 lbs more than an unarmored one, resulting in sluggish performance, stabilty/suspension issues, increased wear and tear, etc.
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I don't know where you get your facts from, but the M-1114's are faster than a standard m-1025, because of the supercharged engine. The only parts that seem to wear out rapidly are the tires, because it weighs nearly 2.5 tons.
Trust me on this I'm an MP, spent 6 months driving 1025's and 7 months driving the 1114's. I would take a 1114 ANY DAY! (Not just because it has a/c!)
I think what you are referring to is an M-1025/1026 with a armor kit bolted on. Yes we had those too. The kits add a LOT of weight, and it DOES wear down the parts etc... but, they worked. My company lost 0 soldiers in 13 months because of the armor plating.
We're trying to replace tactics with a false sense of security IMO. Polidiots need to let our folks engage and eliminate the threat vs existing in a hardened facility or vehicle among the threat.
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