Re: M16 Still a POS
- From: "Tom S." <tmswork@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:17:03 +0000 (UTC)
TimR wrote:
# On Oct 12, 8:11 am, LastAmerican <wmg...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
# > ...
#
# I have not been able to find the actual Cubbison report, though it is
# supposedly available on the web.
#
# But what I found looking for it is very disturbing.
#
# > ...
# failures of tactics, failures of leadership, failures of support. A
# force too small to defend itself was placed in a tactically unsound
# area. They were ambushed by a large force with small arms including
# at least RPGs and maybe mortars.
#
# Apparently somewhere in the report weapons failures were mentioned.
# Like I said, I haven't found it yet. But that's not what caused the
# casualties, according to the report.
The there's this:
http://www.qando.net/?p=5360
Senators Divert Funds For Military Training, Ammunition and Fuel To
Pet Projects (Earmarks)
<http://www.qando.net/?p=5360>
October 20th, 2009 | Author: Bruce McQuain
<http://www.qando.net/index.php?paged=2#>
They?re shameless when it comes to building personal monuments to
themselves or to boosting their re-election chances ? they?ll even take
funds designated for a military fighting two wars to do it:
<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/15/troop-funds-diverted-to-pet-projects/>
Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill
to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for
fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops, including those
fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an analysis.
Among the 778 such projects, known as earmarks, packed into the
bill: $25 million for a new World War II museum at the University of
New Orleans and $20 million to launch an educational institute named
after the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat.
Senator Tom Coburn expresses my sentiment in a much more moderated tone
than I?m feeling right now:
Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, called the transfer of funds
from Pentagon operations and maintenance ?a disgrace.?
?The Senate is putting favorable headlines back home above our men
and women fighting on the front lines,? he said in a statement.
Come on Senator ? there?s an election approaching. Diverting money from
training, fuel, maintenance and ammunition accounts to help their
chances to retain power is much more important that the lives of our
troops in combat.
Honoring a dead Kennedy certainly takes priority over teaching some
young warrior how to avoid being killed in combat. Another museum in a
key state is much more important than ensuring soldiers are able to
maintain the equipment necessary to their survival. And, of course, they
don?t need that much ammo ? do they?
I?ll stop here, but my disgust for the political pigs engaged in this
sort of looting knows no depth or bounds. They?d steal the coins off a
dead man?s eyes if they thought it would help them politically. And that
disgust extends to those who do the same thing without endangering our
troops. It is just a matter of degree, not kind.
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