Wednesday, December 8, 2004
Rummy To Concerned Soldiers: Tough Shit...
Donald Rumsfeld met with some of our soldiers in Kuwait yesterday.
The troops got to air their grievances to Rummy. In turn, he tried to minimalize their concerns...
"Why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap metal and compromised ballistic glass to uparmor our vehicles?" Wilson asked. A big cheer arose from the approximately 2,300 soldiers in the cavernous hangar who assembled to see and hear the secretary of defense.
Rumsfeld hesitated and asked Wilson to repeat his question.
"We do not have proper armored vehicles to carry with us north," Wilson said after asking again.
"You can have all the armor in the world on a tank and it can (still) be blown up," Rumsfeld said.
Supporting our troops the Rummy way: With condescension, sick humor, and a complete lack of humanity...
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