On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:15:44 -0600, Denys Beauchemin
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>I didn't even bother going there.
>
>Denys
Denys,
then why does this adminstration let this happen?
Pentagon Study Links Fatalities to Body Armor (January 7, 2006) A secret
Defense Department study reveals that more extensive armor, of a kind
available since 2003, could have saved the lives of some 80 percent of the
marines killed by upper body wounds in Iraq between 2003 and 2005. That
amounts to scores of needlessly lost lives - hundreds if Army deaths
attributable to inadequate armor are counted as well. The ceramic armor
plates in question cost about $260 a set.
2 yrs into this well-planned war, 200 billion $ later.
Rumfeld is completely in-competent. As he asked W several times to re-sign
and he wasn't ==> W is also completely incompetent and both should be held
accountable for the death of hundreds of American soldiers.
Marines Without Armor
Published: January 8, 2006
American marines are a proud, tough bunch. They expect to be sent into the
most dangerous battles and expect enemy fighters to come at them with
everything they have. But they also expect, and have every right to expect,
the Pentagon to provide them with the most effective armor available to
maximize their chances of staying alive and in one piece. An investigative
article in Saturday's Times by our colleague Michael Moss makes painfully
clear that the Pentagon has let these brave warriors down.
Pentagon Study Links Fatalities to Body Armor (January 7, 2006) A secret
Defense Department study reveals that more extensive armor, of a kind
available since 2003, could have saved the lives of some 80 percent of the
marines killed by upper body wounds in Iraq between 2003 and 2005. That
amounts to scores of needlessly lost lives - hundreds if Army deaths
attributable to inadequate armor are counted as well. The ceramic armor
plates in question cost about $260 a set.
Marines in the field have been clamoring for additional body armor (and
vehicle armor) almost since the Iraq war began. Military officials
initially turned them down because of concerns that the added weight might
constrict movement. Once the study results came in last summer, Marine
Corps leaders belatedly reversed themselves and started speeding armor to
the troops.
Still, as of last month, less than 10 percent of the 28,000 sets of armor
plates on order had actually reached the Marines in Iraq. Similar delays
have plagued deliveries of improved vehicle armor. And the much larger Army
contingent in Iraq has faced even more extensive delays.
The Pentagon buys some truly wondrous space-age weaponry with its half-
trillion-dollar annual budgets. If the cold war ever resumes, the American
military will certainly be prepared. Meantime, surely enough spare change
can be found in that vast budget to accelerate deliveries of lifesaving
armor to the marines and soldiers coming under fire today, and every day,
in Iraq.
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