As soon as they deploy these vehicles, there will be found a new weapon that can defeat them, this is how war works, and the war contractors get richer and richer.
Quite so, 'Necessity is the mother of invention, but war is the father' as they say. A harsh reality of the times, but some of us feel a little queasy at the notion of American lives and families being consumed in that process. Which is why I pruned my portfolio a long time ago - I can make my investments work without playing ball with the war industry.
BlueDevil Reviewed by BlueDevil on . Pentagon cuts armored vehicles due in Iraq in 2007 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. troops in Iraq will receive at least 1,000 fewer special armored vehicles than expected this year due to the amount of time needed for shipment, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said the Defense Department expected defense contractors to produce 3,900 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles this year. But only 1,500 would make it to the war zone -- down from the Pentagon's previous shipment target of 2,500 to 3,000. "If Rating: 5