Spin Spin Spin: "U.S. Soldiers Question Use of More Armor"

[Bark Bark Bark]

The WP Spin Machine goes into overtime...save Rummy The Dummy at all costs!

...ALL costs.

http://my.netscape.com/corewidgets/news/story.psp?cat=51280&id=2006010716490001777821

Second Lt. Josh Suthoff, 23, of Jefferson City, Miss., said he already sacrifices enough movement when he wears the equipment. More armor would only increase his chances of getting killed, he said.

``You can slap body armor on all you want, but it's not going to help anything. When it's your time, it's your time,'' said Suthoff, a platoon leader in the brigade's 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment. ``I'd go out with less body armor if I could.''

Hey, go nuts. If it's not "your time," I suppose you could jump into a blazing furnace and survive.

According to a summary of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner's study obtained Friday evening by The Associated Press, the 93 Marines who died from a primary lethal injury of the torso were among 401 Marines who died from combat injuries in Iraq between the start of the war and June 2005.

A military advocacy group, Soldiers for Truth, posted an article about the study on its Web site this week. On Friday evening, The New York Times reported in its online edition that the study for the first time shows the cost in lives lost from inadequate armor.

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Some soldiers felt unhappy that ceramic plates to protect their sides and shoulders were available, but not offered, when they deployed for Iraq in September.

"Some."

[fooj]

1. Oh sure...our poor soldiers LOVE feeling like sitting ducks!

:grr:

[aquart]

2. Should be fun reading for his unit.

Wonder how popular he'll be?

Wonder if this is the price of rotation home?

How good would it looks if he turns up dead on patrol after this?

[Ready4Change]

3. That's why some I know bought their own before heading over.

Because they knew it was pointless, they paid money, out of their own pockets, to buy body armor the US military wouldn't provide them with.

"Hey, when it's my time, it's my time. That's why I am THROWING AWAY my money on this body armor to take with me. The knowlege that it will do me no good whatsoever is a great comfort to me and my family."

:sarcasm:

[Twillig]

4. "Hey LT, wanna take point and see if it's your time?"

Reporters never ask/say what Pvt. Snuffy had to say.