LMAO

I'm laughing my butt off over this whole Rumsfeld vs. the common soldier thing. (go read the article. There were more disturbing questions voiced.)

(go read it now... I'll wait)

Since I read blogs and such, I was not surprised that the troops are scavenging armor for their vehicles. I thought everyone knew that! And Rumsfeld's response, "You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time," just made him look bad. Because even a 3 year old knows we chose to go to war. We chose the timing. We had plenty of time to armor our vehicles. *snort*
Yes, if you're caught off-guard, you go to war with the army you have. And then the country busts it's butt building a stronger, better defended army. Remember those Loony Toons cartoons? The ones made during WW2? I don't see anybody rationing gasoline or collecting scrap metal to be made into armor, do you? I don't see car factories switching to the production of armor, either.

The news media is all over this one, and I'm glad. And it astonishes me that people are astonished by this. Have they been living in a spider hole? How can you not know that families are buying body armor and bottled water for their sons and daughters, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins because the Army didn't supply it?

In case you didn't read the article, other questions raised were, "What is Rumsfeld and the Army were doing to address shortages and antiquated equipment?"
and
"Many of the soldiers in [a] unit are having trouble receiving all the pay due them, causing problems for families back home who are being pestered by bill collection agencies."

Anyway, I don't think the situation is funny to our soldiers. What I think is funny is the media scramble to cover the story, and the newscasters' surprise that anyone would be interested. They keep trying to change the subject -talk about other news; but their websites are filled with people talking about the horrors of our soldiers having to pick through garbage to keep themselves safe. You go, America! Make Bush Co. uneasy! Make them nervous! I like to see them sweat. :D