Dunno how true this is...

[LowerCaseRepublican]

So let's play nice and the thread can stay open.

f*** that, asshole

 

Military families and officers are now saying that US soldiers in Iraq are being forced to use Vietnam era M-16s, limited ammunition and that their families are being forced to purchase sporting goods store walkie talkies for them because they have a shortage of military walkie talkies and (obviously) communication is necessary)

 

The link to the story was posted by me in a thread yesterday. I am stymied how the military can still vote Bush after sending them into a war zone with outdated helicopters, un-armored Humvees, limited body armor and these new developments about walkie talkies etc. all the while cutting veterans' benefits, increasing co-pays at veterans' hospitals and denying National Guardsmen/reservists full medical yet sending them out to put their ass on the line in the front.

 

But hey, Halliburton is making billions in yummy no compete contracts so it was worth it, right?...and also McCain and Ron Paul are two of the biggest outspoken critics about this underfunding bulls*** by the Bushies and they are Republicans.

[Steff]

Apu.. what link did you post..? I missed it.

 

Can you re-post or direct me to it.

 

Thanks.

[mreye]

Let's keep it open for the non, but with an eye out for mudslinging.

 

 

So let's play nice and the thread can stay open.

So, I guess my vote doesn't count here either.

[FlaSoxxJim]

So, I guess my vote doesn't count here either.  

Sure it counts. I'll make a note of it and put it in your file...

[mreye]

Sure it counts.  I'll make a note of it and put it in your file... 

That's better than in my...oh nevermind.

[LowerCaseRepublican]

Apu.. what link did you post..? I missed it.

 

Can you re-post or direct me to it.

 

Thanks.

http://news4colorado.com/topstories/topsto..._305195404.html

 

With a $400 billion defense budget you might think U.S. troops have everything they need to fight the war, but that's not always the case.

 

Correspondent Steve Kroft talks to a general, soldiers in Iraq, and their families at home about a lack of armored vehicles, field radios, night vision goggles, and even ammunition - especially for the National Guard and reserve units that now make up more than 40 percent of U.S. troops.

 

Oregon guardsman Sean Davis told us that his unit was short ammunition and night vision goggles, and lacked radios to communicate with each other.

 

He says guardsman were using walkie-talkies that they or their families purchased from a sporting goods or similar store. "And anybody can pick up those signals, you know," he says. "And we don't have the radios that we need."

 

Gen. Byrne says stories about families in Oregon having to go out and buy for their sons and daughters radio equipment, body armor, GPS gear, computers and night vision goggles because they weren't being issued are true.

 

He said some Guard units are also using Vietnam era M-16 assault rifles, which he calls adequate for state duty but not acceptable for duty in Iraq. There is also a bullet shortage for training, he says.

[Steff]

Thanks!