Maybe we can agree on something.
More at the link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081209/wl_mideast_afp/usmilitaryiraqmrap_081209180156;_ylt=AlMVCkQTQVQeehjU3QbS3xgZO7gF
The US Defense Department knew years before insurgent actions began in Iraq of the threat posed by roadside bombs but failed to take available steps to mitigate the risk to US troops, a Pentagon audit concluded Tuesday.
The US Marine Corps asked the Pentagon's inspector general to perform the audit after coming under fire for setting aside an urgent request from field commanders in 2005 for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armored vehicles.
"DoD (Department of Defense) was aware of the threat posed by mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in low-intensity conflicts and of the availability of mine-resistant vehicles years before insurgent actions began in Iraq in 2003," the audit found.
More at the link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081209/wl_mideast_afp/usmilitaryiraqmrap_081209180156;_ylt=AlMVCkQTQVQeehjU3QbS3xgZO7gF