The Democrat's body armor scam

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Michelle Malkin is hitting on a topic that is near and dear to my heart, elected officials invoking the well-being of the military for better political posturing. Michelle's post really focused on Senator Clinton's body-armor initiatives of last year, a plan that most troops found fairly amusing. Take this great post from TF Boggs, for example:

Dear Mrs. Clinton,
Could you please get the Bush Administration to send me some more body armor. My hamstrings are still unprotected and I can still move a little.
Sincerely,
Your secret admirer

When you are constantly supporting policies that undercut the War on Terror, I can almost understand why certain elected officials throw themselves at the opportunity to appear muscular on defense. But these initiatives almost always flop. Consider:

John Kerry, and how he wanted to "double the size of the special forces." Voters unfamiliar with the ins-and-outs of the military heard that and thought "Great! John Kerry really understands this war!" Military guys and gals heard it and thought: "since only a small percentage of the force can make the rigorous cut for special forces, does that mean John Kerry will be doubling the size of the Armed Forces as a whole?"

John Murtha recently said that he wanted legislature passed that would give deployed troops a guaranteed one-year rest before sending them back into Iraq. Voters unfamiliar with the ins-and-outs of the military heard this and thought "hey, this John Murtha guy is really looking out for our soldiers. How could anyone in their right mind vote against such an initiative?" Military guys and gals heard it and thought: "is this guy nuts? He wants to use our well-being as an excuse to pass legislature that will make him more popular with his base, AND tamper with the sensitive rotation schedule? Is he trying to prolong our fight here? Our leadership has said we need to be putting troops IN theater, not taking them OUT! Why isn't he listening?"

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He goes on to say that Logistics, manpower, strategy are the holy trinity that should never be tampered with by politicians. Don't try this at homes kids. It could get us all killed.

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