Tim Sumner has an excellent post about the New York Times Slimes recent article dissing the Army’s new combat vehicle MRAP (mine resistant armored protected). I don’t have a lot of statistical data to throw at you, but I have talked with Sodliers driving in these colossal trucks and while they were skeptical at first, the vast majority have come to love the MRAP. Granted, they are big and sometimes cumbersome, but the trade off for saving our Soldiers’ lives. I shared an eye witness account on the effectiveness of the MRAP here. I also took a look at one just yesterday that had been hit with an IED and all of the occupants survived.
“Son of a bitch,” was the comment du jour as we surveyed the damaged vehicle.
I would ask Times reporter Stephen Farrell to choose which vehicle he would like to take the next time he leaves the Green Zone to tour the streets of Iraq. If I had a choice I know what mine would be…
Sgt Hook out.
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