Pentagon sugar coating Rumsfailed's comment on CNN

[gatorboy]

ON right now on CNN....

Putting on a grand show about how Bush is supporting the troops with a higher budget. PUH-Lease!!!

[xultar]

Well after all, all the armor in the world won't protect you if you get

blown up. :nuke: I mean really people. Be reasonable for God sake. War is hard work. No one knows that better than * and Rummy. :spank:

[Rose Siding]

1. Now they can incompetently burn through even more of OUR money

and not provide armor. Big improvement. :eyes:

[complain jane]

2. where the f* is all this money going anyway

if not to protect our troops

[tridim]

Halliburton's pocket

and Cheney's by proxy.

[AllegroRondo]

4. Costs a lot for contractors over there

they get paid $100K or more per year

[Chef]

5. Easy

One half Trillion + buys you 1,500,000 servicemen and women, Starwars, Boeing tankers, submarines,and high paid private army to guard the oil wells and Haliburton projects. But, is not enough to keep a small army of 150,000 in the field, provide them amunition and armor plating. Where is the outrage that we get no where near the value we are paying for?

Heaven forbid that we'd be called upon to wage a real war to actually protect our country. We'd be up shit creek.

[gatorboy]

3. I hope Rummy enjoyed is last Q & A

Cause you know he's not gonna give another one. Serves him right though for believing their own propoganda that all the troops support the president. They heard those soldiers cheer the hard questions and they won't soon forget it by having another Q & A...

He'll take the Bush road and simply not answer a damn thing.