Political Bullshit

Everytime I have heard thru the media about how our Military men & women don't have the necessary equipment they need to do there job, I always wondered how much of it was true and how much was media bullshit. The last couple of years when people where complaining that our Military doesn't have the Up-Armor Vehicles they need, I knew the government was working on it. I didn't think a few years into this war and there still would be a huge need (remember, I am just a civilian, what do I know). How much of this could really be true? How much of danger could they truly be in? Do are Military Men and Women not truly have the Body Armor they need? Hmmm is that bullshit again. Ironically I came across an article from Military.com this morning on Marines Decline Extra Armor. Ok, I sat here and thought about it. I read the article and all the discussions on it. My personal (civilian, never been in the military) opinion is I believe it should be up to the individual person to decide how much extra weight they want to wear to stay protected and how much they don't want to use so they can maneuver when they need to. Especially, those on foot patrols. They need to be able to be mobile, not weighted down. Then you add the heat and all the weight. Again, they need to be mobile. But hey, it's just my opinion. I am not in the military. Then I learned something today, that truly has my blood boiling over from a phone call: I am sitting here and knowing there are many (67) new fucking Up-Armored Humvees sitting on a Base over in Iraq not being used, while our Marines are using dilapidated, falling apart, decrepit, used up, worn-out, have to be towed away (a few times), pieces of shit. This has put there lives in more danger then they already are in, each and everyone fucking one of them, when they are outside the wire, daily. They were promised four new Up-Armored Humvees, but where are they? There is a General who has four brand new Up-Armored Humvees to be used at his discretion errr Security, to protect his ass. This same General who gets around in a bird. Why did this happen? Because a Lt pissed off the wrong person, a Major and a Colonel, that's why. This Lt. didn't play politics they way he should have. This Lt. was looking out for his Marines, that's why. So, now they will continue to drive these so called pieces of shit humvees and pray to God they make it back inside the wire safe and secure and that they don't break down while conducting there missions. They would have a better chance if they had the four new humvees, but oh yeah, the new Up-Armored Humvess are sitting there collecting dust. I hate how everything has a political side to it, no matter if you are in a civilian job, government job or in the Military. But, when someone doesn't play politics the correct way and it has put many Marines in even more danger, that's just flat out wrong and fucked up. As I sit here and type this, I made a promise: If something happens to one Marine while they are outside the wire because of the dilapidated pieces of garbage they call humvees, I will make everyone's life a living hell. That is a promise you can bet on. *Update* Just in case some moron comes across this and thinks Sniper and I don't believe we should be "there" or that we should pull out. I will tell you this, Bullshit. Read this again from him, he wrote it awhile back. We 100% believe in what he is doing. We believe we are doing the right thing "over there." The military is making great strides and Sniper is doing exactly what he wants to be doing. He has the option of coming home early, but he won't. Not until the very last Marine comes home from his unit, will he come home. That's just him. I just feel they should be given every ample piece of equipment to complete there missions and not let the politics of someone saying the wrong thing and something being taken away from them as a punishment. Just as if they were a child. This isn't a game people, this is a matter of life and death. This is a matter of completing the mission and coming home to your loved ones or coming home in a pine box. dyzgoneby God, please watch over Sniper and our Marines