Cheap skate Marine corps chose to let our Marines die from IEDs rather than....
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by John Aravosis (DC) · 5/24/2007 09:57:00 PM ET
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Oh yeah, and the Marine Corps lied about it to. So much for "honor." If you're going to let your own guys die because you're too cheap to save their lives, you can at least admit it.
From the Associated Press, here's how they decided NOT to get the IED-proof vehicles that our troops urgently requested:
Brig. Gen. Robert Milstead, chief of Marine Corps public affairs, said cost was not a factor in choosing the Humvee.And we just gave these bozos another $100 billion because they accused us of not caring about the troops. If Bill Clinton had done this, let our troops die because he was too cheap while at the same time posturing about those same IEDs, it'd have been the end of his presidency. We really are pathetic.
"This was not a budgetary decision," Milstead said Wednesday. "You can take that to the bank."
The internal document, however, states that the cost of building new vehicles was a primary reason the request was denied by the Marine Corps Combat Development Command in Quantico, Va.
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pvfan
Your blaming the wrong people. It was the Marines that brought the
situation to the attention of the media/public. Look at Congress and
civilian govt. red tape if you want a culprit. The Marines, real
Marines not civilian contractors or politicians, always do their best
to take care of and support each other. I know, my service in the
Marines was a looong time ago, but i don't think they have changed
THAT much.
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> Oh yeah, and the Marine Corps lied about it to. So much for "honor." If
> you're going to let your own guys die because you're too cheap to save their
> lives, you can at least admit it.
>
> _From the Associated Press_
> (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MARINES_CRITICAL_GEAR?SITE=101...) , here's how they
> decided NOT to get the IED-proof vehicles that our troops urgently requested:
> Brig. Gen. Robert Milstead, chief of Marine Corps public affairs, said cost
> was not a factor in choosing the Humvee.
>
> "This was not a budgetary decision," Milstead said Wednesday. "You can take
> that to the bank."
>
> The internal document, however, states that the cost of building new
> vehicles was a primary reason the request was denied by the Marine Corps Combat
> Development Command in Quantico, Va.
> And we just gave these bozos another $100 billion because they accused us of
> not caring about the troops. If Bill Clinton had done this, let our troops
> die because he was too cheap while at the same time posturing about those same
> IEDs, it'd have been the end of his presidency. We really are pathetic.
>
> "If we quit Vietnam, tomorrow we'll be fighting in Hawaii, and next week
> we'll have to fight in San Francisco." -President Lyndon Johnson
>
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IanH
still under contract to make Humvees until the end of this year.
At the end of 2007, Humvee production will stop, and he new vehicle in
production will be the "IED Proof" vehicle you're referring to.
Sad, isn't it? Contracts are what ended up literally being responsible
for the deaths of many soldiers.
pvfan
If the spelling "marm" Aunt Rant is watching, I spelled business wrong
on purpose.