Hillary - Body Armor Expert

[ylexot]

Sen. Clinton Says Lack of Body Armor is 'Unforgivable'

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called the Bush administration "incompetent" when it came to protecting the troops in combat and called the lack of adequate body armor for soldiers and Marines "unforgivable."

So far in Iraq, more than 2,100 American troops have been killed. Critics like Clinton, D-N.Y., say that many of these deaths are the result of inadequate body armor. A secret Pentagon study of 93 Marines who were killed in Iraq found that 74 died after they were hit by a bullet or shrapnel in the torso or shoulders — areas unprotected by the armor most are issued.

Maybe she should talk to DOD instead of blaming the President. Did DOD ask for better body armor? If so, was the request turned down? Maybe she'd like every soldier to have a personal exo-skeleton that gives them super-human strength and makes them impervious to bullets, explosives, and tank shells...just like in the movies.

 

[Bustem' Down]

Sen. Clinton Says Lack of Body Armor is 'Unforgivable' Maybe she should talk to DOD instead of blaming the President. Did DOD ask for better body armor? If so, was the request turned down? Maybe she'd like every soldier to have a personal exo-skeleton that gives them super-human strength and makes them impervious to bullets, explosives, and tank shells...just like in the movies.

Maybe she's using her military experience to asses all of this.

 

[ylexot]

Maybe she's using her military experience to asses all of this.

At the very least, she should have an idea of how the acquisition system works. After all, she is a part of it...

 

[Bustem' Down]

And she's a democrat, so in peacetime, who turns down spending for more bodyarmor.....

 

[2ndAmendment]

At the very least, she should have an idea of how the acquisition system works. After all, she is a part of it...

But that does not fit into the Democratic paradigm of blaming Bush to get a leg up on the elections in November. It is all about getting more power.

 

[itsbob]

Maybe she's using her military experience to asses all of this.

She's good at making an ass of herself.. now she wants to make asses out of all of us??