Shrieking Weenie-Fest

With the latest faux armor crisis in full bloom, it might be good to recall the history of armor in Iraq that I wrote some time ago.

It is sometimes difficult to remember that critics of the war once bitterly complained that our troops in body armor and sun glasses were too intimidating and that we had to get our troops in soft caps walking about amongst the IEDs--I mean, walking amongst the people.

I would just add that if Representative Murtha's standards had been in effect in 1944, no American would have been allowed to hit the Normandy beaches that June. Because, without armor that cannot under any circumstances be penetrated, we can't win a war.

Victoryphobia is an ugly thing to see in action.