Brits not providing enough gear for troops

Guardian:

The head of the army today made an impassioned plea for more resources for his soldiers and said the strain they and their families were under was "unacceptable".

In a forthright address on the state of the army and the pressures his troops faced, General Sir Richard Dannatt said: "We have seriously stretched our soldiers to the very limit. Many families and marriages have unfortunately fallen victim to the relentless pace of operations."

He decried the lack of equipment which meant soldiers could not train with modern weapons, saying that was bad for morale, and he revealed he was drawing up plans to restructure the army to make it more flexible and give soldiers more space between operations.

Sometimes there was just a year between the end of one operation and the start of another and much of that was taken up by training and preparing for the next operation, Dannatt said.

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The Brits have been constantly short of choppers in their Afghan operation and it appears that aspects of their "kit" are substandard or not available.

I think this comes from having socialist and liberal governments who short change the military to buy votes with social programs. The UK is rife with such programs including their disastrous rationed health care program which has also shortchanged the troops that have been injured. With the Democrats back in charge in Washington we must be wary of them short changing our military.