This is because Karl Rove and his buddies are redesigning the military. They're moving toward less and less reliance on soldiers and more and more on high tech equipment. It's the reason they originally proposed 50,000 soldiers to take a country with. The Army laughed at them, so they raised it to 120,000 or so. It's still laughable. Smart bombs were supposed to do the job. The results speak for themselves. Not to mention that the guys wouldn't need anything if Fearless Leader was out there fighting terrorists instead of breeding them. Andy Amago -----Original Message----- From: carolkir@xxxxxxxx Sent: Dec 8, 2004 5:36 PM To: Lit-Ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] NYTimes.com Article: Iraq-Bound Troops Confront Rumsfeld Over Lack of Armor The article below from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by carolkir@xxxxxxxxx Btw, veterans who need prosthetic devices now receive them. But they'd rather have good armor. ck carolkir@xxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html