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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: LindyBill who wrote (91726)12/21/2004 12:21:30 PM
From: KLP  Read Replies (1) of 793782
 
Good for John Podheretz! One of the very few that have printed Rummy's complete statement....Also, I wonder if all the hullabalu wasn't somewhat planned....Maybe Podheretz is correct....see the bottom of his article....LOLOL!

You might have taken the measure of his full answer:

"I talked to the general coming out here about the pace at which the vehicles are being armored. They have been brought from all over the world, wherever they're not needed to a place here where they are needed. I'm told that they're being — the Army is — I think it's something like 400 a month are being done, and it's essentially a matter of physics. It isn't a matter of money. It's a matter of production and capability of doing it.

"As you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time. Since the Iraq conflict began, the Army has been pressing ahead to produce the armor necessary. I can assure you that Gen. Schoomaker and the leadership in the Army and certainly Gen. Whitcomb are sensitive to the fact that not every vehicle has the degree of armor that it would be desirable for it to have, but that they're working at it at a good clip."

Under other circumstances, you might have seen this as a moment in which the defense secretary gave a stunningly complete and honest answer to a brave American about the conditions under which that American must fight.
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