Saturday, January 07, 2006
NYT: Marines Would Have Survived With Extra Armor
Uh oh! Uncle Sam failed to protect his favorite children. Again. The New York Times is reporting (in a rare yet refreshing registration-free link) that Marines who were killed by upper body wounds during the Iraq conflict so far would have survived had the Government given them extra body armor, available since the very beginning of the war. Why haven't they been sending it? Noone really knows, since you can't get a straight answer out of either the Pentagon or the Bush Administration. They claim that they're "sending the best protection as quickly as possible." So, almost three years later, why are reports coming out that they've had armor available, but hasn't been sent? Can we impeach these freaks yet? Please?!? (Link)
