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To: Neocon who wrote (153892)	12/13/2004 1:00:52 PM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Maybe you and twofowler should try reading a few accounts instead of commiserating on how por lil Bush is getting beaten up. It's not about him, it's about the soldiers. Try this Time magazine article: "Why the Pentagon ended up with a shortage of armored vehicles for U.S. soldiers in Iraq.." excerpt: If nothing else, Specialist Wilson's grilling of Rumsfeld may finally force the military's civilian bosses to heed the concerns of soldiers like Captain Mark Chung, 37, an Army reservist who served in Iraq for nine months this year. Chung survived two roadside bomb attacks on his armored humvee; the second bomb exploded on the passenger side directly under his seat. "The up-armored humvee was the only thing that saved my life," he says. After returning from Iraq last month, Chung visited the Pentagon to implore officials to send more armored humvees to Iraq. He never got in to see Rumsfeld. "I knocked on his door," Chung says, "but the people in his office said I needed an appointment to see him." For the sake of the Americans risking their lives in Iraq, Rumsfeld would be wise to make some time for the soldiers now. time.com