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  1. http://www.blackwaterusa.com/armored/

    "The leader in the high-threat security industry, Blackwater incorporates
    real-world lessons learned on the streets of Iraq and Afghanistan into all
    of our operations. Now, we've gone one step further."

    Isn't it time for him to come out and blame the DoD of purposely killing US
    troops by not buying this vehicle right now? The fact that they aren't in
    Iraq this very minute proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that they really
    don't care about the lives of the common grunt!

  2. Tom Kunich' cyclintom@yahoo. com said:

    http://www.blackwaterusa.com/armored/

    "The leader in the high-threat security industry, Blackwater incorporates
    real-world lessons learned on the streets of Iraq and Afghanistan into all
    of our operations. Now, we've gone one step further."

    Isn't it time for him to come out and blame the DoD of purposely killing US
    troops by not buying this vehicle right now? The fact that they aren't in
    Iraq this very minute proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that they really
    don't care about the lives of the common grunt!

    Old news idiot, and the Marine Corp was already on this and has
    ordered vehicles. These aren't new either.
    I don't see Blackwater being awarded [censored], and they did NOT develop
    these. Lot's of Euro countries already have them in service.

    http://www.defense-update.com/products/m/mrap.htm
    The full list of MRAP contractors include:

    BAE Systems, Ground Systems Division -RG-33
    Oshkosh Truck Corporation - Bushmaster
    Protected Vehicles, Inc. (PVI) - Golan
    General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada - RG-31
    Force Protection Industries, Inc. - Cougar, Buffalo
    Armor Holdings, Inc. Armored FMTV
    Textron Marine & Land Systems, New Orleans, La. - ASV
    General Purpose Vehicles, LLC. (GPV)
    International Military and Government LLC (APC)

    Day late and a whole lot short of having a clue.
    Bill C

  3. It's just really good to know that you're so up on all this stuff and know a
    lot more than the Pentagon about what's needed and where.

  4. Tom Kunich said:

    It's just really good to know that you're so up on all this stuff and know a
    lot more than the Pentagon about what's needed and where.

    I don't think the Marine Corp will be very happy to know that you've
    moved them out of the Pentagon.

  5. Tom Kunich' cyclintom@yahoo. com said:

    It's just really good to know that you're so up on all this stuff and know a
    lot more than the Pentagon about what's needed and where.

    Dumbass -

    Have you not been paying attention for the last 4 years?

    It's not the military itself. Rumsfeld didn't listen to his generals.

    thanks,

    K. Gringioni.

  6. In article <[email hidden]>,

    Kurgan Gringioni said:
    Tom Kunich' cyclintom@yahoo. com said:

    It's just really good to know that you're so up on all this stuff and know a
    lot more than the Pentagon about what's needed and where.

    Dumbass -

    Have you not been paying attention for the last 4 years?

    A self-answering question in this case.

    Quoted message said:

    It's not the military itself. Rumsfeld didn't listen to his generals.

    The civilian part of the Pentagon thought they knew far more than the
    military part of the Pentagon about how it should be done. Guess again.

    --
    tanx,
    Howard
    Never take a tenant with a monkey.
    remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

  7. Tom Kunich said:

    It's just really good to know that you're so up on all this stuff and
    know a lot more than the Pentagon about what's needed and where.

    Alberto Gonzales, last week: "As we can all imagine, in an organization of
    110,000 people, I am not aware of every bit of information that passes
    through the halls of the Department of Justice, nor am I aware of all
    decisions."

  8. Robert Chung said:
    Tom Kunich said:

    It's just really good to know that you're so up on all this stuff and
    know a lot more than the Pentagon about what's needed and where.

    Alberto Gonzales, last week: "As we can all imagine, in an organization of
    110,000 people, I am not aware of every bit of information that passes
    through the halls of the Department of Justice, nor am I aware of all
    decisions."

    I guess that means he ain't the decider.

    Steve

    --
    Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS
    http://www.dentaltwins.com
    Brooklyn, NY
    718-258-5001

  9. "Robert Chung" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Tom Kunich said:

    It's just really good to know that you're so up on all this stuff and
    know a lot more than the Pentagon about what's needed and where.

    Alberto Gonzales, last week: "As we can all imagine, in an organization of
    110,000 people, I am not aware of every bit of information that passes
    through the halls of the Department of Justice, nor am I aware of all
    decisions."


    But did he send an e-mail about it ? Kinda like the 18 minute Rose Mary
    Woods gap.

  10. In article <[email hidden]>, "Charles"

    Quoted message said:

    "Robert Chung" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Tom Kunich said:

    It's just really good to know that you're so up on all this stuff and
    know a lot more than the Pentagon about what's needed and where.

    Alberto Gonzales, last week: "As we can all imagine, in an organization of
    110,000 people, I am not aware of every bit of information that passes
    through the halls of the Department of Justice, nor am I aware of all
    decisions."


    But did he send an e-mail about it ? Kinda like the 18 minute Rose Mary
    Woods gap.

    Abu Gonzales apparently doesn't do e-mail. And it is interesting that
    there was an 18 day gap in the e-mail documents that were turned over.
    What is it with Republicans and 18?

    --
    tanx,
    Howard
    Never take a tenant with a monkey.
    remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

  11. In article <%HzMh.12349$zx.988@trndny05>, Mark & Steven Bornfeld

    Quoted message said:
    Robert Chung said:
    Tom Kunich said:

    It's just really good to know that you're so up on all this stuff and
    know a lot more than the Pentagon about what's needed and where.

    Alberto Gonzales, last week: "As we can all imagine, in an organization of
    110,000 people, I am not aware of every bit of information that passes
    through the halls of the Department of Justice, nor am I aware of all
    decisions."

    I guess that means he ain't the decider.

    As far as the decider goes, I think Tbogg nails it here:

    http://tbogg.blogspot.com/2007/03/little-big-president-gov.html

    --
    tanx,
    Howard
    Never take a tenant with a monkey.
    remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

  12. Howard Kveck said:

    What is it with Republicans and 18?

    Ask Foley.

  13. On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:29:09 -0700, [email hidden] (Howard

    Kveck) said:

    Abu Gonzales apparently doesn't do e-mail. And it is interesting that
    there was an 18 day gap in the e-mail documents that were turned over.
    What is it with Republicans and 18?

    Obviously you're not part of the Secret Masonic Order of Republicans,
    English Rites. Big stuff can only be ordered by 18th degree SMORERs.

    Curtis L. Russell
    Odenton, MD (USA)
    Just someone on two wheels...

  14. Tom Kunich said:

    proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that they really don't care about the
    lives of the common grunt!

    and

    Quoted message said:

    It's just really good to know that you're so up on all this stuff and
    know a lot more than the Pentagon about what's needed and where.

    From
    <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/22/AR2007032202017.html>

    "The U.S. military's faulty war plans [... allowed] widespread looting of
    weapons and explosives used to make roadside bombs that cause the bulk of
    U.S. casualties, according to a government report released yesterday."

  15. Robert Chung said:
    Tom Kunich said:

    proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that they really don't care about the
    lives of the common grunt!

    and

    Quoted message said:

    It's just really good to know that you're so up on all this stuff and
    know a lot more than the Pentagon about what's needed and where.

    From
    <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/22/AR200...>

    "The U.S. military's faulty war plans [... allowed] widespread looting of
    weapons and explosives used to make roadside bombs that cause the bulk of
    U.S. casualties, according to a government report released yesterday."

    Note the second quoted paragraph in particular:

    http://tinyurl.com/o2l7v

    Mr. Ricks argues that the invasion of Iraq "was based on perhaps the
    worst war plan in American history," an incomplete plan that "confused
    removing Iraq's regime with the far more difficult task of changing
    the entire country." The result of going in with too few troops and no
    larger strategic plan, he says, was "that the U.S. effort resembled a
    banana republic coup d'état more than a full-scale war plan that
    reflected the ambition of a great power to alter the politics of a
    crucial region of the world."

    This was partly a byproduct of the Pollyannaish optimism of hawks like
    Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz, who slapped down the
    estimate by the Army's chief of staff, Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, that
    several hundred thousand soldiers would be required to secure Iraq.
    And it was partly a byproduct of a conviction shared by Secretary
    Rumsfeld and Gen. Tommy Franks that speed, in Mr. Ricks's words,
    "could be substituted for mass in military operations."

    http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB214/index.htm

    Bill C

  16. Donald Munro said:
    Howard Kveck said:

    What is it with Republicans and 18?

    Ask Foley.

    I thought his focus was 'under 18'...

    So anything up to 17'59" is fair game in his eyes I suppose.

  17. In article <[email hidden]>, "Robert Chung"

    Quoted message said:
    Tom Kunich said:

    proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that they really don't care about the
    lives of the common grunt!

    and

    Quoted message said:

    It's just really good to know that you're so up on all this stuff and
    know a lot more than the Pentagon about what's needed and where.

    From


    <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/22/AR2007032202017.html>

    Quoted message said:


    "The U.S. military's faulty war plans [... allowed] widespread looting of
    weapons and explosives used to make roadside bombs that cause the bulk of
    U.S. casualties, according to a government report released yesterday."

    Like the 342 tons that of high explosives that went missing from the al
    Qa'qaa storage facility.

    --
    tanx,
    Howard
    Never take a tenant with a monkey.
    remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

  18. Robert Chung said:
    Tom Kunich said:

    proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that they really don't care about the
    lives of the common grunt!

    and

    Quoted message said:

    It's just really good to know that you're so up on all this stuff and
    know a lot more than the Pentagon about what's needed and where.

    From
    <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/22/AR200...>

    "The U.S. military's faulty war plans [... allowed] widespread looting of
    weapons and explosives used to make roadside bombs that cause the bulk of
    U.S. casualties, according to a government report released yesterday."

    More good planning and response to threats:

    http://tinyurl.com/25spbt
    Quoted:

    McVadon, who has written about the Chinese navy, called the Sizzler
    ``right now the most pertinent and pressing threat the U.S. faces in
    the case of a Taiwan conflict.'' Jane's, the London-based defense
    information group, reported in 2005 in its publication ``Missiles and
    Rockets'' that Russia had offered the missile to Iran as part of a
    sale in the 1990s of three Kilo- class submarines.

    That report was confirmed by the Pentagon official who requested
    anonymity. The Office of Naval Intelligence suggested the same thing
    in a 2004 report, highlighting in its assessment of maritime threats
    Iran's possible acquisition of additional Russian diesel submarines
    ``with advanced anti-ship cruise missiles

    But Hey we all know that the Strait of Hormuz isn't important and Iran
    isn't belligerent so no worries, right?

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6489493.stm

    Mrs Beckett said: "We understand that they were in two boats that were
    operating in Iraqi waters in accordance with the Security Council
    Resolution 1723 in support of the government of Iraq to stop
    smuggling."

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=a_Aw9B.MGCuY&refer=us

    General John Abizaid, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East, said
    in a written statement to the House Armed Services Committee on March
    15 that Iran is expanding naval bases along its shoreline and now has
    ``large quantities'' of small, fast- attack ships, many armed with
    torpedoes and Chinese-made high- speed missiles capable of firing from
    10,000 yards.

    ``Iran's capabilities are focusing on disrupting oil traffic through
    the straits,'' Army Colonel Mark Tillman, a professor at the National
    Defense University in Washington and former Central Command planner,
    said in an interview. ``Why else would they have these things?''

    To get it back on bicycles, at least after they disrupt global
    petroleum that won't hinder our riding.
    Bill C

  19. "Bill C" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    As General Petraeus has probably already
    discovered, there is no position more difficult than that of minister
    to an idiot king.

    Unless it's pleasing a moron.

  20. In article <[email hidden]>,

    Tom Kunich' cyclintom@yahoo. com said:

    "Bill C" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    As General Petraeus has probably already
    discovered, there is no position more difficult than that of minister
    to an idiot king.

    Unless it's pleasing a moron.

    Pleasing a moron is easy - just look how simple it was for Bush to
    please you.

    --
    tanx,
    Howard
    Never take a tenant with a monkey.
    remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

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