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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
If you are talking about the NOT wearing of body armour, I heard the same information, a couple of days ago, involving other military personal who didn't wear body armour every time they go out. It was a solider being interviewed.
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If you are talking about the Humvees not having armour plates that is also true. I personally know someone that works on getting these out to be shipped and they said that not all of them have the armour plates, but they are trying to get them all equipped.
On the pre-surge numbers. I don't have my facts on that.
Found the point made and am adding it here. 3 of the 5 brigades that were involved in the pre-surge are heading back to the US.The remaining two will be back by July. That didn't bring down the number of troops in Iraq from pre-surge. though. So, apparently McCain is focusing on the brigades and not the numbers.
There is one thing to remember about this - McCain stood on the side of the surge when it was not a popular thing to do politically and it was effective. So, even though the attention was diverted to numbers and not how many brigades he knows what he is doing militarily.
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Here was a perfect example of how one could be influenced by the spin doctors that McCain was the man needed for continued success in Iraq. He has made several gaffes in the last few months that Fox News didn't cover in their evening news.
Here are a few videos showing McCain doesn't have a clear grasp on the facts or perhaps his age. Perhaps, he is too old to be our President? That doesn't mean he isn't a great American...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jkfM7z0-Vdg
Please note that during that trip to the Middle East, it was noted that he "misspoke" a total of three times regarding Iran and Al Queda
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UMmbtlRBiCM
He claimed that we had drawn down 3 out of the 5 brigades in Iraq (pre-surge levels), which the facts would indicate that wasn't the truth. It gave the impression that he doesn't have a clue of what really is going on with our troop level in Iraq.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Zk8H63GMMRU&feature=related
Here he was spinning the truth and stating that Mosul was quit when in fact on that day, 5/29/08, there was a car bomb that killed 16 people. The surge hasn't been the success story that he and others have wanted the American public to know....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6kzCR07PQ
More spin....
I'll be able to provide more proof that McCain doesn't have a grip on the reality of the situation on the ground in Iraq.