2.22.2007

Where are the heads and why are they not rolling?

As if that weren’t bad enough, there’s the equipment problem weighing heavily on the military. Maj. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, commander of the Oklahoma National Guard, told the NYT that one-third of his soldiers lacked the M-4 rifles preferred by active-duty soldiers and that there were also shortfalls in night vision goggles and other equipment. Capt. Christopher Heathscott, a spokesman for the Arkansas National Guard, said the state’s 39th Brigade Combat Team was 600 rifles short for its 3,500 soldiers and also lacked its full arsenal of mortars and howitzers.
(The Carpetbagger Report)
What I simply do not understand is why all the "Support The Troops" fans aren't out in the streets about now, waving pitchforks. And why all the politicians - from outside and inside the military establishment - who have allowed this to happen are not doing time.

And yes, that includes the so-called "Commander in Chief."

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