Thursday, December 09, 2004
Rumsfeld Answer to Soldier: Unacceptable
Agreed.
UPDATE: Apparently the question was planted by a journalist. Josh Ferguson has the details
Update 2: Then there's this.
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Agreed.
CAPITOL HILL A Democratic senator isn't satisfied with the answer Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld gave to a U-S soldier in Kuwait today.
The soldier complained that he and his comrades had to dig through landfills for scrap metal and other material to reinforce their vehicles.
Rumsfeld responded, "You go to war with the Army you have."
That's not good enough for Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut -- who's written a letter to Rumsfeld, saying that his answer was "utterly unacceptable."
Dodd says it's up to the government to provide safety equipment for soldiers in battle. He said, "Our troops go to war with the Army that our nation's leaders provide."
UPDATE: Apparently the question was planted by a journalist. Josh Ferguson has the details
Update 2: Then there's this.
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