Reply #10: Lack of armor has been reported on MANY TIMES the past 2 years.

[LynnTheDem]

The PAST TWO YEARS.

And STILL bush DOES NOTHING.

Iraq GI's short on armor, radios, bullets

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/31/60minutes/main652491.shtml

Lack Of Armor Claims Troops

Twenty percent of the U.S. troops killed in Iraq might have lived had there been more armored, heavier vehicles available to them...

http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_armor_042704,00.html

Airborne Combat Engineer: Armored Humvees in short supply

http://airbornecombatengineer.typepad.com/airborne_combat_engineer/2003/12/armored_humvees.html

US troops, parents confirm Humvee risks

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4758004/

Unit Awaits OK To Use Steel Armor

Fearing roadside bombs and sniper bullets, members of the Army Reserves' 428th Transportation Co. turned to a local steel fabricator to fashion extra armor for their 5-ton trucks and Humvees before beginning their journey to Iraq earlier this month.

But their armor might not make it into the war, because the soldiers didn't get Pentagon approval for their homemade protection.

http://www.military.com/NewsContent/1,13319,FL_armor_121903,00.html

This is all OLD NEWS; SO WHY are our troops STILL SHORT, TWO YEARS LATER???