Four Small Rivers: a chaotic ramble of notes from my travels; from my life; from my professional world; and musings on the Meaning of Life. Related website: joeinc.tv/Personal NOTE: the notes in here represent personal opinions not those of any entity I may otherwise be affiliated with (employers, customers, etc.)
So, soldiers in
BUT … (quoting here from Angry Bear: http://angrybear.blogspot.com/2004/12/inside-army-on-humvee-protective.html ) let’s think about what this tells us. Hmmm. We know that Bush-Rumsfeld were planning to invade Iraq BEFORE the 2000 election. Soon after 9/11 (late 2001, remember) this was a public discussion. In March, 2003, Bush warned Hussein that the
So: funding for add-on armor for the humvees was NOT in the bills that funded the war in
"Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that he was responsible for the abuse of the Iraqi prisoners. And today President Bush said the abuse was cruel and disgraceful and an affront to the most basic standards of morality and decency. And then he told Rumsfeld that he was doing a superb job. Then Rumsfeld said, 'What the hell do I gotta do to get fired?'" —Jay Leno