What was it bush said about the troops having the needed equipment?

[cynatnite]

Oh, yeah, they'll have what they need. :eyes:

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Boosting U.S. troop levels in Iraq by 21,500 would create major logistical hurdles for the Army and Marine Corps, which are short thousands of vehicles, armor kits and other equipment needed to supply the extra forces, U.S. officials said.

The increase would also further degrade the readiness of U.S.-based ground forces, hampering their ability to respond quickly, fully trained and well equipped in the case of other military contingencies around the world and increasing the risk of U.S. casualties, according to Army and Marine Corps leaders.

"The response would be slower than we might like, we would not have all of the equipment sets that ordinarily would be the case, and there is certainly risk associated with that," the Marine Corps commandant, Gen. James Conway, told the House Armed Services Committee last week.

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Still, U.S. commanders privately expressed doubts that Iraq-bound units would receive a full complement of Humvees. "It's inevitable that that has to happen, unless five brigades of up-armored Humvees fall out of the sky," one senior Army official said of the feared shortfall. He expects that some units would have to rely more heavily on Bradley Fighting Vehicles and tanks that, although highly protective, are intimidating and therefore less effective for many counterinsurgency missions.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/29/AR2007012901584.html

on edit: bush is a fucking asshole :grr:

[w8liftinglady]

1. he also said we'd recovered in the hurricane regions-lying sack of shit.

[spanone]

2. I'm sure that's a lame attempt to make up for not mentioning NOLA in his other speech.

He couldn't care less.

[w8liftinglady]

3. I am definitely going to fact check this speech when it's posted