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To: Neocon who wrote (153882)	12/13/2004 10:57:40 AM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Yes, they really spun it after the fact, didn't they? But even then they still didn't get it right. I read an article yesterday about a soldier that had survived one or two IED explosions. One exploded under the passenger side of the Humvee he was riding in. He was in one of the fully armored Humvees and was not seriously injured. He came home and lobbied for more armored Humvees because he was sure that he'd have been seriously injured or killed if he hadn't been in one the well armored ones. He tried to see Rumsfeld but couldn't get in. When it comes to planning and to spending money to secure the equipment to protect the lives and limbs of the people we send to kill and die in our name, "all that can reasonably be expected" and adjusting "pretty rapidly" should not be the standard; the standard should be "all that can be done" and "as rapidly as possible." That should have been clear to Rumsfeld and it should be clear to you. Ed