U.S. Military Chief Says Armor Improving

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U.S. Military Chief Says Armor Improving
By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff knows the armor protecting troops and their vehicles in Iraq isn't perfect, but he says it's getting better as the military learns to adapt to a clever insurgency.

"The fact of the matter is that you can protect people to a certain extent, but you always come up with a bigger bomb," Gen. Peter Pace told The Associated Press in an interview. "We just need to continually hone our skills ... so that we don't set a pattern that the enemy can exploit."

Pace said he has confidence in efforts to provide U.S. forces with the best possible body armor and armored vehicles, amid criticism the Americans don't have sufficient protection.

"Our government has spent large sums of money to get the industrial base capable of producing and it has. And it has been delivered to the troops," Pace said, wrapping up a seven-nation troop visit — his first since becoming the top U.S. military official three months ago.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060104/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_pace_interview

[thebigidea]

1. a shame that you, uh, already set a pattern the enemy can exploit

what a stooge this guy is, a Rummy bootlicker cut from the same cloth as Meyers... how humiliating it must be to reach that rank and be condescended to by the likes of Rumsfeld, to be used as a prop for awful jokes... phew. How does this guy wake up in the morning?

[0007]

3. Argh!

[cliss]

5. Yes, can you imagine what a crappy situation?

To know that everything you do it done to support lies. As he combs his hair in the morning and puts his suit on, he knows the U.S. military is floundering, is becoming destroyed by this insane, megalomaniac named Donald RumsFailed.

There is every indication that our military is failing. How he can continue to work in this corrupt system is beyond me.

[MichiganVote]

2. Is this any differnt than the 'you go to war with the army you have..'

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4. in other news: choco-rations increased

double plus good!