The armies must be remembered as comprised of individuals, of Americans. And we have truly let them down; in terms of those who returned to homelessness, poverty, and despair generating suicide, but also to sending kids, they are kids, into combat inadequately equipped. Do we not remember moms holding bake sales to buy the better body ar…
The armies must be remembered as comprised of individuals, of Americans. And we have truly let them down; in terms of those who returned to homelessness, poverty, and despair generating suicide, but also to sending kids, they are kids, into combat inadequately equipped. Do we not remember moms holding bake sales to buy the better body armor? The two weapons most lethal to our troops in Iraq were IEDs and RPGs. In 1944, towards the end of WWII, we produced almost 100,000 airplanes.General Motors produces an an APC with a hull design to deflect blasts from IEDs and keep their passengers safe. They produced very few of these, largely for visiting VIPs. The Israelis developed a battle field tested system to protect armored vehicles from RPGs; the Pentagon didn’t buy them. Congressional hearings were held and the military agreed to purchase these protective devices for the Marines, but the Army would contract with Raytheon to develop an analogous system in 4 years. We need to honor the dead; we need to remember with great gratitude, the sacrifices of those who survived, but we need to be aware of the motivations of those who send our military, our children into battle. Here’s a strategy: we need to articulate in advance, how will we know when we’ve won. If you can’t define it, don’t t kill anyone’s kids
The armies must be remembered as comprised of individuals, of Americans. And we have truly let them down; in terms of those who returned to homelessness, poverty, and despair generating suicide, but also to sending kids, they are kids, into combat inadequately equipped. Do we not remember moms holding bake sales to buy the better body armor? The two weapons most lethal to our troops in Iraq were IEDs and RPGs. In 1944, towards the end of WWII, we produced almost 100,000 airplanes.General Motors produces an an APC with a hull design to deflect blasts from IEDs and keep their passengers safe. They produced very few of these, largely for visiting VIPs. The Israelis developed a battle field tested system to protect armored vehicles from RPGs; the Pentagon didn’t buy them. Congressional hearings were held and the military agreed to purchase these protective devices for the Marines, but the Army would contract with Raytheon to develop an analogous system in 4 years. We need to honor the dead; we need to remember with great gratitude, the sacrifices of those who survived, but we need to be aware of the motivations of those who send our military, our children into battle. Here’s a strategy: we need to articulate in advance, how will we know when we’ve won. If you can’t define it, don’t t kill anyone’s kids