Friday, September 30, 2005
Troops in Iraq STILL don't have equipment they need.... JESUS!
Nearly a year after Congress demanded action, the Pentagon has still failed to figure out a way to reimburse soldiers for body armor and equipment they purchased to better protect themselves while serving in For Marine Sgt. Todd Bowers that extra piece of equipment — a high-tech rifle scope bought by his father for $600 and a $100 pair of goggles — turned out to be a life or death purchase. And he has never been reimbursed.
He and other soldiers and their parents are still spending hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars for armor they say the military won't provide. One
The question here is not whether we should spend even more money on military. If you are going to go start a war shouldn't you have all the equipment you need first? Then when you did start your war without everything you needed, shouldn't you have it by now? Where is all the hundreds of billions of dollars spent in
Military spending is and always has primarily gone into the pockets on large corporations for weapons systems that are unnecessary, don't work, or quickly go obsolete. It is not and has never gone primarily to good pay and good benefits for military personnel. Under the Republican controlled government it isn't even going to equipment or protect military personnel.
You would think after the pentagon hands off billions of dollars to corporations that they could spare a little bit to take care of the troops OR at least reimburse them for purchasing their own equipment!!!
The Pentagon can't pass an audit, and is unable to account for $3 trillion.
With all that money, our troops don't have what they need, and we can't secure the road to the airport in Baghdad?
The Pentagon needs to be held financially accountable. We the peeps should be forcing this issue.
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