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Originally posted by dekeguy
We go to war "with the Army we have", learn how best to deal with what we face, and respond accordingly.
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And that's pretty much always been the case.
In both of the World Wars, we had to build up our armed forces and gear up our industry. In Vietnam, we had to learn jungle warfare. In this case, after the initial campaign, it's turned to urban warfare. We've always had to adapt.
The problem with that, in terms of this particular situation is that it turned into a political issue during the last election with the GOP alleging that Senator Kerry didn't want to pay for the best equipment, etc.
Now, with the questions from the Reservist/Guardsman last week and reports from armor manufacturers, that would seem, at least on the surface, to have turned around on the Administration since they have been given all of the appropriations for which they've asked.
The bad news, always, is that it's the grunt on the line that ends up bleeding while the politicians sit and...well...politic.