NTY: 80% of Marines Killed in Iraq Would Have Been Saved by Better Armor

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/6/06 at 9:07pm

If there is a God, if there is Justice, the George W. Bush, Richard Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld will answer to Congress, the American people and the families of the men and women who died.

Rest in peace. Thank you for your service.

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A secret Pentagon study has found that at least 80 percent of the marines who have been killed in Iraq from wounds to their upper body could have survived if they had extra body armor.

That armor has been available since 2003 but until recently the Pentagon has largely declined to supply it to troops despite calls from the field for additional protection, according to military officials.
Extra Armor Could Have Saved Many Lives, Study Shows

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 1/6/06 at 11:28pm

I have friends whose husbands and sons are serving in the Iraq war. They had to take up collections to purchase, out of pocket, the most effective body armor.

I don't agree with this war, but I respect each and every person who wears the uniform of this country, and they deserve better than this.

This gets me so very angry.

[wexy]

Posted: 1/6/06 at 11:48pm

I was at the Metropolitan Museum a couple of months ago and all these cadets from West Point were at the museum that day,

They have a collection of medieval armor that a lot of these cadets were checking out, I said to one "Isn't a shame that these guys from 1600 had more protection than our people in Iraq."

The cadet nodded at me and shook his head in the affirmative.
And these young guys and women are just kids.

Updated On: 1/7/06 at 11:48 PM

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 1/6/06 at 11:53pm

Wexy, not you are really getting me pissed.

I better down a drink before I get myself in trouble.

Big brother is a watching you know.