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Bush had a year to plan, but didn't since Bush's strong beliefs that the war would be a cakewalk and that Iraqis would be throwing flowers at us made planning unnecessary.

Twenty percent of the U.S. troops killed in Iraq might have lived had there been more armored, heavier vehicles available to them, Newsweek reports Monday.

The Army is racing to send "up-armored" Humvees to Iraq, but remains almost 1,800 vehicles short for its needs.
(via Military.com)

Nice to see Halliburton collecting billions while the troops die because we don't buy them armor.

Tell me again why the Republicans are so good on the military?

And where the heck is Kerry with the bill of rights for the troops? Great trial balloon that floated somewhere. C'mon, Dems! Get with the news cycle!

UPDATE Read the above, and then get a load of this from KaWen on CNN:

[HUGHES]: The fundamental difference between us and the terror network we fight is that we value every life. I

Right. 20% of the deaths of our troops in Iraq were preventable with proper planning. So, I guess the "every life" part doesn't really include the troops, does it?