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2008-02-16 Iraq

Lack of MRAPs Cost Lives - Civilian bureaucrats refused an urgent request

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-02-16 09:50|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Number of Marines [and soldiers] killed because the enemy took heart to continue the fight with all the 'support' by the Donks in Congress to cut and run?

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-02-16 11:10|| 2008-02-16 11:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Problem is, most of the MRAPs now coming on line will end up in storage. Nature of the battle changing again.

Problem is procurement is too tied up in power politics and process for process' sake.

We could have had Buffalo vehicles quickly had the units been able to roder them.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-02-16 11:19|| 2008-02-16 11:19|| Front Page Top

#3 At the risk of being a wet-blanket, seems the author of this 'study' has a bit of an agenda.

Yes, they might have saved lives. Question is - how many might die later because there wasn't enough transport to lug these BUHFs quickly to the next, post Iraq action? Or, because post-Iraq, you spent bucks buying these BUHFs and now they'd be either on blocks, turned over to the Army, or given away to the Iraqis? Then we'd end up with another round of accusations of money being wasted, etc.

And yes- we should have had Buffaloes (or the British equivalent).

Posted by Pappy 2008-02-16 13:01|| 2008-02-16 13:01|| Front Page Top

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