The first point is that you'll recollect that one of the questions was the status of the 278 ACR; in other words, the date that we had the visit by the secretary of Defense, we had a question about their up-armoring status. When the question was asked, 20 vehicles remained to be up-armored at that point. We completed those 20 vehicles in the next day. And so over 800 vehicles from the 278 ACR were up-armored, and they are a part now of their total force that is operating up in Iraq.
That unit was adequately armored up. That a member of the press planted a question (and was proud he planted it) that ignored this fact is unforgivable. I'm also more than a little upset that the Guardsman asked this set-up question when he should have known the true picture. That is shameful.
But the fact that this latest plastic turkey issue has been shown to be pure, space-age-material content, means we can safely move on to the next non-issue that the idiots in the press will bring up.
Perhaps they'll notice that the big bangy things shoot bullets, or some other novel concept about war.
UPDATE: Reverend Sensing has a good post on the issue.
