How Clinton Decimated the Military
 

On Mar 30, 6:21?pm, "HD Radio?" wrote:
How Clinton Decimated the Military

On Friday night, Rep. Duncan Hunter,http://www.GoHunter08.comformer
chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and now its ranking
Republican member, appeared on the Hannity and Colmes show on Fox, and I was
astonished to hear him castigated for failing to see that our troops in Iraq
needed equipment.

He was specifically challenged on matter of the alleged lack of body armor
for our troops in Iraq, and the administration's alleged failure to ensure
that our troops had the protection the armor affords them.

Ignored were certain inconvenient facts such as the amount of body armor
that was available under Bill Clinton, which was zero. Today under President
Bush and thanks to Duncan Hunter's work in the Armed Services Committee,
which authorized the funds to purchase the body armor, the armed services
have one million sets of body armor. That's one million!

It's puzzling to see the media ignore the disastrous cutbacks in our armed
services that took place under Bill Clinton, and the extraordinary efforts
of the Bush administration and Hunter's committee to beef up our military.

Under Clinton, for example, the number of armored Humvees available to the
military was a pitiful 1,300. Under President Bush it's over 26,000.

And it was not just Clinton who sapped our strength - Congress under the
Democrats has just turned thumbs down on the Pentagon's request for $4.75
billion for the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles that can safeguard
our troops from the IED explosions which are responsible for a large part of
the deaths and wounding of our soldiers and Marines.

Instead of funding that vital request in the $124 billion supplemental bill
passed this week, the Democrats were able to find billions for such things
as subsidies for spinach farmers and the shrimp industry, but not a dime for
a vehicle that could save the lives of thousands of our troops in Iraq.

It's instructive to look at what happened to the 1st Cavalry Division under
Bill Clinton and what its strength is today under George Bush.

In 2000, the division had three brigades, - M1A2 (base-design Abrams tanks,
Bradley A2 (base-design tanks), the situational awareness of the battlefield
was provided solely by soldiers on the ground calling in spot reports,
communications were by line-of-sight radio, there was no armor protection
for Humvees, there was no connectivity between services, and the brigades
had a mere 1,600 radios.

In 2006, however, the division had four brigades with more maneuver-capable
companies. They had the M1A2 System Enhancement Package including improved
armor, independent thermal sights, and embedded digital command systems.
Their Bradley A3 tanks had improved armor, and embedded digital command
systems. Battlefield situational awareness was enhanced by unmanned aerial
reconnaissance vehicles (UAVs) integrated by Army Battle Command Systems
(Network Centric Warfare). Communications were by a digital
command-and-control network, including satellites. All Tactical Wheeled
Vehicles off the forward operating bases were to be armored and radios in a
Brigade numbered 2,500.

The facts is that this president, along with Duncan Hunter and others,
sought to give the military all the equipment they need because when they
came in there was no equipment thanks to the skeltonizing of our armed
forces under Bill Clinton.

Under Bill Clinton we heard such horror stories as our soldiers and sailors
going without essential training because equipment was broken and there were
no parts to fix it. There were reports of maintenance crews "cannibalizing"
other pieces of equipment to make Band-Aid repairs on equipment that has
worn out.

One observer warned that because no new tanks were purchased in 1995, there
was a clear danger that by 2005 the tanks available would be older than the
soldiers driving them. Thanks to President Bush and Duncan Hunter that was
not allowed to happen.

Under President Clinton our military was drastically downsized. Under the
new Democratic leadership in Congress our troops are now being denied the
funding they need to prevail in Iraq.

Once again I have to ask why they want us to lose another war. Wasn't losing
in Vietnam enough?

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Geeez.. get-a-life, buddy !

How Clinton Decimated the Military
 

wrote...
How Clinton Decimated the Military

On Friday night, Rep. Duncan Hunter, http://www.GoHunter08.com former
chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and now its ranking
Republican member, appeared on the Hannity and Colmes show on Fox, and I was
astonished to hear him castigated for failing to see that our troops in Iraq
needed equipment.

He was specifically challenged on matter of the alleged lack of body armor
for our troops in Iraq, and the administration's alleged failure to ensure
that our troops had the protection the armor affords them.

Ignored were certain inconvenient facts such as the amount of body armor
that was available under Bill Clinton, which was zero. Today under President
Bush and thanks to Duncan Hunter's work in the Armed Services Committee,
which authorized the funds to purchase the body armor, the armed services
have one million sets of body armor. That's one million!

It's puzzling to see the media ignore the disastrous cutbacks in our armed
services that took place under Bill Clinton, and the extraordinary efforts
of the Bush administration and Hunter's committee to beef up our military.

A million sets of body armor available on Sept 10 2001 would not have
had any effect on what happened Sept 11 2001.

News Flash: The Cold War was over. The US was the only super-power.
We didn't need body armor until Bush began his Iraqi Misadventure.

Under Clinton, for example, the number of armored Humvees available to the
military was a pitiful 1,300. Under President Bush it's over 26,000.

How many troops died because of that, under Clinton?

And it was not just Clinton who sapped our strength - Congress under the
Democrats has just turned thumbs down on the Pentagon's request for $4.75
billion for the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles that can safeguard
our troops from the IED explosions which are responsible for a large part of
the deaths and wounding of our soldiers and Marines.

Look, it's been 7 years since Clinton was in office. Bush and
Rumsfeld are solely responsible for the crap that's happening to our
soldiers now.

How Clinton Decimated the Military
 

How Clinton Decimated the Military

On Friday night, Rep. Duncan Hunter, http://www.GoHunter08.com former
chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and now its ranking
Republican member, appeared on the Hannity and Colmes show on Fox, and I was
astonished to hear him castigated for failing to see that our troops in Iraq
needed equipment.

He was specifically challenged on matter of the alleged lack of body armor
for our troops in Iraq, and the administration's alleged failure to ensure
that our troops had the protection the armor affords them.

Ignored were certain inconvenient facts such as the amount of body armor
that was available under Bill Clinton, which was zero. Today under President
Bush and thanks to Duncan Hunter's work in the Armed Services Committee,
which authorized the funds to purchase the body armor, the armed services
have one million sets of body armor. That's one million!

It's puzzling to see the media ignore the disastrous cutbacks in our armed
services that took place under Bill Clinton, and the extraordinary efforts
of the Bush administration and Hunter's committee to beef up our military.

Under Clinton, for example, the number of armored Humvees available to the
military was a pitiful 1,300. Under President Bush it's over 26,000.

And it was not just Clinton who sapped our strength - Congress under the
Democrats has just turned thumbs down on the Pentagon's request for $4.75
billion for the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles that can safeguard
our troops from the IED explosions which are responsible for a large part of
the deaths and wounding of our soldiers and Marines.

Instead of funding that vital request in the $124 billion supplemental bill
passed this week, the Democrats were able to find billions for such things
as subsidies for spinach farmers and the shrimp industry, but not a dime for
a vehicle that could save the lives of thousands of our troops in Iraq.

It's instructive to look at what happened to the 1st Cavalry Division under
Bill Clinton and what its strength is today under George Bush.

In 2000, the division had three brigades, - M1A2 (base-design Abrams tanks,
Bradley A2 (base-design tanks), the situational awareness of the battlefield
was provided solely by soldiers on the ground calling in spot reports,
communications were by line-of-sight radio, there was no armor protection
for Humvees, there was no connectivity between services, and the brigades
had a mere 1,600 radios.

In 2006, however, the division had four brigades with more maneuver-capable
companies. They had the M1A2 System Enhancement Package including improved
armor, independent thermal sights, and embedded digital command systems.
Their Bradley A3 tanks had improved armor, and embedded digital command
systems. Battlefield situational awareness was enhanced by unmanned aerial
reconnaissance vehicles (UAVs) integrated by Army Battle Command Systems
(Network Centric Warfare). Communications were by a digital
command-and-control network, including satellites. All Tactical Wheeled
Vehicles off the forward operating bases were to be armored and radios in a
Brigade numbered 2,500.

The facts is that this president, along with Duncan Hunter and others,
sought to give the military all the equipment they need because when they
came in there was no equipment thanks to the skeltonizing of our armed
forces under Bill Clinton.

Under Bill Clinton we heard such horror stories as our soldiers and sailors
going without essential training because equipment was broken and there were
no parts to fix it. There were reports of maintenance crews "cannibalizing"
other pieces of equipment to make Band-Aid repairs on equipment that has
worn out.

One observer warned that because no new tanks were purchased in 1995, there
was a clear danger that by 2005 the tanks available would be older than the
soldiers driving them. Thanks to President Bush and Duncan Hunter that was
not allowed to happen.

Under President Clinton our military was drastically downsized. Under the
new Democratic leadership in Congress our troops are now being denied the
funding they need to prevail in Iraq.

Once again I have to ask why they want us to lose another war. Wasn't losing
in Vietnam enough?

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