"Rumsfeld said the Army was sparing no expense or effort to acquire as many Humvees and other vehicles with extra armor as it can." (Ibid.)
Thus, the Defense Secretary put the onus squarely back on the manufacturers, saying the civilian and military leadership had done everything they could do, but could not move the manufacturers along more quickly. This Yahoo article then continued along this same vein.
"U.S. soldiers and Marines in Iraq are killed or maimed by roadside bombs almost daily. Adding armor protection to Humvees and other vehicles that normally are not used in direct combat has been a priority for the Army, but manufacturers have not been able to keep up with the demand." (Ibid.)
However, American manufacturers were quick to call this claim a lie:
NEWS BRIEF: "Armor Holdings Could Boost Humvee Armor Output 22%", Bloomberg.com News and Commentary, December 9, 2004
"Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Armor Holdings Inc., the sole supplier of protective plates for the Humvee military vehicles used in Iraq, said it could increase output by as much as 22 percent per month with no investment and is awaiting an order from the Army. U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday the Army was working as fast as it can and supply is dictated by 'a matter of physics, not a matter of money'. Jacksonville, Florida-based Armor Holdings last month told the Army it could add armor to as many as 550 of the trucks a month, up from 450 vehicles now, Robert Mecredy, president of the company's aerospace and defense group said in a telephone interview today. 'We're prepared to build 50 to 100 vehicles more per month', Mecredy said in the interview. 'I've told the customer that and I stand ready to do that'.''
This is the true face of the Army, a face I saw all too constantly when I served during the Vietnam War era. Civilian and Pentagon brass really and truly care nothing for the troops in the field, their constant Public Relations campaign notwithstanding. If this leadership really cared about the troops in the field, they would not have armed them with Depleted Uranium ( D.U.) weapons, which are going to kill the vast majority of the troops now serving in-theater. Compared to the D.U. disaster, properly arming our Humvees and other vehicles is small potatoes.
However, now you know that our manufacturer could easily and quickly produce more armored vehicles and that they only reason they have not done so is that the Pentagon has not sent them a purchase order! Once again, we catch one of our top leaders boldly lying to the troops. For the record, the Public Relations people quickly moved into "containment mode" and issued a statement from President Bush in which he assured both the soldiers in the Iraqi theater and loved ones back home that officials of his administration really cared for the soldiers and were doing everything they could to address this issue.
Since President Bush is an unrepentant Illuminist Skull & Bones, his attitude -- and the attituded of his officials -- toward the troops and toward the loved ones back home is exactly as New Age author, Bill Cooper describes:
Thus, the Defense Secretary put the onus squarely back on the manufacturers, saying the civilian and military leadership had done everything they could do, but could not move the manufacturers along more quickly. This Yahoo article then continued along this same vein.
"U.S. soldiers and Marines in Iraq are killed or maimed by roadside bombs almost daily. Adding armor protection to Humvees and other vehicles that normally are not used in direct combat has been a priority for the Army, but manufacturers have not been able to keep up with the demand." (Ibid.)
However, American manufacturers were quick to call this claim a lie:
NEWS BRIEF: "Armor Holdings Could Boost Humvee Armor Output 22%", Bloomberg.com News and Commentary, December 9, 2004
"Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Armor Holdings Inc., the sole supplier of protective plates for the Humvee military vehicles used in Iraq, said it could increase output by as much as 22 percent per month with no investment and is awaiting an order from the Army. U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday the Army was working as fast as it can and supply is dictated by 'a matter of physics, not a matter of money'. Jacksonville, Florida-based Armor Holdings last month told the Army it could add armor to as many as 550 of the trucks a month, up from 450 vehicles now, Robert Mecredy, president of the company's aerospace and defense group said in a telephone interview today. 'We're prepared to build 50 to 100 vehicles more per month', Mecredy said in the interview. 'I've told the customer that and I stand ready to do that'.''
This is the true face of the Army, a face I saw all too constantly when I served during the Vietnam War era. Civilian and Pentagon brass really and truly care nothing for the troops in the field, their constant Public Relations campaign notwithstanding. If this leadership really cared about the troops in the field, they would not have armed them with Depleted Uranium ( D.U.) weapons, which are going to kill the vast majority of the troops now serving in-theater. Compared to the D.U. disaster, properly arming our Humvees and other vehicles is small potatoes.
However, now you know that our manufacturer could easily and quickly produce more armored vehicles and that they only reason they have not done so is that the Pentagon has not sent them a purchase order! Once again, we catch one of our top leaders boldly lying to the troops. For the record, the Public Relations people quickly moved into "containment mode" and issued a statement from President Bush in which he assured both the soldiers in the Iraqi theater and loved ones back home that officials of his administration really cared for the soldiers and were doing everything they could to address this issue.
Since President Bush is an unrepentant Illuminist Skull & Bones, his attitude -- and the attituded of his officials -- toward the troops and toward the loved ones back home is exactly as New Age author, Bill Cooper describes:
"The man of the household must be housebroken to ensure than junior will grow up with the right social training and attitudes ... Junior will go to war or father will be embarrassed. So junior will go to war, the true purpose notwithstanding ... A woman with a newborn baby is too starry-eyed to see a wealthy man's cannon fodder or a cheap source of slave labor." [William Cooper, "Behold A Pale Horse", P. 63)
