Spock;1740389 wrote:oh you are going to have to provide evidence of this. We have the most capable military in the world.
As for a plan.......that is an utter lie. There were concrete plans on victory and it was achieved. The reason why its a mess in Iraq now is because Obama pulled the troops out to early.
A war that was to last weeks went on for a decade because of Bush incompetence. A few weeks into the war he announce Mission Accomplished then thousands more American dies and tens of thousands are wounded.
Some examples of them being ill equipped.
Pentagon Study Links Fatalities to Body Armor
A secret Pentagon study has found that as many as 80 percent of the marines who have been killed in
Iraq from wounds to the upper body could have survived if they had had extra body armor. Such armor has been available since 2003, but until recently the Pentagon has largely declined to supply it to troops despite calls from the field for additional protection, according to military officials
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4731185/ns/world_news-brave_new_world/t/frantically-army-tries-armor-humvees/#.VaGWTjJRHIU
FrWhen Hart died in a small-arms ambush in mid-October, the Army had no official plan to “retrofit” most of the 12,000-odd Humvees in Iraq. This in spite of continuing attacks on convoys and complaints from combat units that they were taking unnecessary casualties in the thin-skinned Humvees.
There is no official figure on how many of the 728 U.S. combat deaths might have been prevented by better armor. Yet as attacks on convoys escalate, an increasing number of the deaths and injuries are being sustained in vehicles. That, combined with public pressure from bereaved parents like the Harts and their representatives in Congress, pushed the Army into action. In late March, the Army told its commanders to make “hardening” of their Humvees a priority.antically the Army Tries to Armor Humvees
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4731185/ns/world_news-brave_new_world/t/frantically-army-tries-armor-humvees/#.VaGWTjJRHIU
