Out of Touch with the Military's Reality

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Out of Touch with the Military's Reality

February 27 2006
Counterbias.com
GENE C. GERARD


For the last two years the Bush administration has insisted that the war in Iraq has not handicapped the military. To the contrary, the administration has insisted that our military is stronger than ever. Last month, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gave a speech in which he stated that the armed services “is probably as strong and capable as it has ever been in the history of this country. They are more experienced, more capable, better equipped than ever before.” But a report on military supplies from the Government Accountability Office, the nonpartisan investigative office of Congress, indicates that Secretary Rumsfeld is seriously mistaken.

The prepositioning of military supplies is a key component of the overall strategic planning of the Department of Defense. It allows the Defense Department to outfit combat-ready forces in days rather than the weeks it would take if the forces and necessary equipment and supplies had to be shipped from the United States to the site of the conflict. The military uses prepositioning programs to store combat and support equipment near areas with a high probability for conflict and to increase response times. Although the Navy has little supply programs the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps are all required to stock significant supplies.

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1. Wow!

That article pretty much speaks for itself. Nothing complicated about Empty Cupboards. Every American can understand why this is significant. Too bad we won't see this info in Corporate Media; they are traitors.

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2. The Army is short on ammunition but they've got rocks so.....

everything's really ok. Um. That would make them short on food, ammo, vehicles, parts, troops and armor. What exactly does that leave them strong in?