Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called the Bush administration "incompetent" when it came to protecting the troops in combat and called the lack of adequate body armor for soldiers and Marines "unforgivable."
So far in Iraq, more than 2,100 American troops have been killed. Critics like Clinton, D-N.Y., say that many of these deaths are the result of inadequate body armor. A secret Pentagon study of 93 Marines who were killed in Iraq found that 74 died after they were hit by a bullet or shrapnel in the torso or shoulders — areas unprotected by the armor most are issued.
I have been decidely underwhelmed by Hillary lately. However this is an important issue and it is good to see her taking a stand. There were so many mistakes made in waging this war that there is probably enough seperate issues for each Democratic senator to call their own. They need to hammer away at the administration on every one of these colossal fuck ups.
However the main debate should remain, how did we get there in the first place and did this administration lie?
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