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Pentagon won't buy bulletproof vests
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, Feb 09 2004 08:46 PM
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 11:38 AM
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| BTW, American soldiers are being murdered in Bagdad, a city of over 5 million people, at the rate of about 1 per day. Average ordinary people, not putting themselves in harms way, are being murdered at a rate of about 2 per day in New York City, population 8 million. |
Ah, joc, you never cease to amaze me!!
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Well, duh?
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 02:40 PM
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| I'd be a little suspicious that this is leading toward a drive to raise funds for the war . |
The sad fact is that british soldiers lives are being put at risk by a beauracratic nightmare and poor leadership. Our soldiers deserve whatever funding they need as long as it will actually protect them.
The problem is Britain is still acting like we are a superpower and we're not, we just simply cant AFFORD wars on multiple fronts , and as in the case of that poor english sodlier they are paying with it with their lives.
That case was a discgrace and ultimatley Hoon is the man responsible.
I think it was infantry soldiers that had to take their armour and that guy wasnt in the infantry, you cant really blame his commanding officer, they were just making the best of a bad situation.
I mean its now emerging that a soldier has died now due to having no suitable water, this is shocking and it keeps happening.
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 02:48 PM
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| The problem is Britain is still acting like we are a superpower and we're not, we just simply cant AFFORD wars on multiple fronts |
We have always had a history of not being prepared for war - look at WW1 and WW2.
The problem is that we simply don't put the funding into the military until the very last minute.
The other problem with the Iraq War was that we had to invade before the temperature there made it impossible to fight, thus leading to poorly equiped soldiers being sent into action.
It now transpires that the 6 Military Policeman who were killed by a mob a few months ago were only issued with 20 rounds of ammo each!!
It beggers belief that the best army in the world is forced to operate like this by a bunch of incompetents; Geoff Hoon should not only resign, he should be prosecuted for gross incompetence and endangering the lives of British soldiers.
"The future's uncertain and the end is always near."
Jim Morrison
"When you laugh about people, so very, very lonely their only desire is to die, well I'm afraid it doesn't make me smile. I wish I could laugh. But that joke isn't funny anymore, it's too close to home and it's too near the bone... "
The Smiths
Jim Morrison
"When you laugh about people, so very, very lonely their only desire is to die, well I'm afraid it doesn't make me smile. I wish I could laugh. But that joke isn't funny anymore, it's too close to home and it's too near the bone... "
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 03:38 PM
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| I'm sure that the right wing, (Hi joc,) will say that it's to turn Americans opinon on the war against Bush. |
Everything on CNN should be viewed with a skeptics eye. It is a great source
for breaking news but all of the news eventually takes a tilt toward the left.
It is still The Clinton News Network.
....and it will be until the electionsof 2008 when Condi Rice will replace GW Bush as the first Black president as well
as the first Female president as she beats the pants off of Hillary Clinton.
*rubs hands together vigorously in anticipation*
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 03:48 PM
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 03:48 PM
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| ....and it will be until the elections of 2008 when Condi Rice will replace GW Bush as the first Black president as well as the first Female president as she beats the pants off of Hillary Clinton. |
Is anyone else turned on by this?
"The future's uncertain and the end is always near."
Jim Morrison
"When you laugh about people, so very, very lonely their only desire is to die, well I'm afraid it doesn't make me smile. I wish I could laugh. But that joke isn't funny anymore, it's too close to home and it's too near the bone... "
The Smiths
Jim Morrison
"When you laugh about people, so very, very lonely their only desire is to die, well I'm afraid it doesn't make me smile. I wish I could laugh. But that joke isn't funny anymore, it's too close to home and it's too near the bone... "
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Posted 12 February 2004 - 04:12 AM
isn't bulletproof vests part of the new budget of homeland security?
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Posted 12 February 2004 - 05:08 AM
Yeah, your right joc, CNN tilts to the left.
Condi Rice...never thought about her...she'd be great.
Condi Rice...never thought about her...she'd be great.
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Henry David Thoreau...
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Posted 12 February 2004 - 06:25 AM
They carry their own body bags?
i can just see it, they guy has just been shot to save the other soldiers time he wraps himself in the bodybag.
thats pretty stupid, like saying carry your own coffin and tombstone
i can just see it, they guy has just been shot to save the other soldiers time he wraps himself in the bodybag.
thats pretty stupid, like saying carry your own coffin and tombstone
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Posted 12 February 2004 - 07:24 AM
It might seem fairly stupid Dowdy, but I think if I had to carry around something as sobering as a body bag, a constant reminder of just how serious my job was I would probably be more inclined to keep my head down and play it safe .
So maybe there is a little method to the beurocratic madness after all .
So maybe there is a little method to the beurocratic madness after all .
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