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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 11:25 PM Original message |
Military Hardware Wearing Faster Than Expected |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. Cue "made by the lowest bidder" jokes in 3...2...1 |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 11:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That was back when there WERE bidders... n/t |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 11:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Except that... |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I've been out of it for a dozen years now. |
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lenidog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 11:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. One of Murphy's Laws of Combat |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. Lots of things this administration misunderestimated. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. They'll just send the bill to the middle class taxpayers... |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
8. Most Of Our Equipment Was Never Designed For Occupation/Insurgency |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yeah, Bush's planning lacked intelligence. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
10. How long can the mechanics work night and day? |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 01:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I heard on the radio last night... |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 02:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Our aircraft carriers have to abide by Middle Eastern countries' rules |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 02:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Many of those mechanics are corporate contractors |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 02:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I wonder about that. |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 02:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I'm told they have the menial non-combat jobs as well |
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Mokito (710 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. Halliburton* ** |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
13. That equipment gets swapped out with unit rotation |
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pacifictiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
17. just heard on non-us news |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 02:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. No, Our Troops now know the futility and desperation |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 08:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Let's not call them 'deserters'. Instead, in honor of The Leader, |
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