Two Important Facts About Our Military

1) During October, over 103 American soldiers were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. 2) The American military in Iraq has no idea where hundreds of thousands of weapons intended for Iraqi security forces have ended up, The Bush administration is threatening an all-out war with North Korea because it says North Korea may sell its nuclear technology to other countries. And yet, our own military is so disorganized, sloppy and mindless that, according to the New York Times this morning, our military “has not properly tracked hundreds of thousands of weapons intended for Iraqi security forces and has failed to provide spare parts, maintenance personnel or even repair manuals for most of the weapons given to the Iraqis.” As many as 14,000 weapons are missing, a federal report released Sunday concluded. The NYT said, “The report was undertaken at the request of Senator John W. Warner, the Virginia Republican who is the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and who recently expressed an assessment far darker than the Bush administration’s on the situation in Iraq.” The report did not examine where the untracked weapons could end up or whether they have been used against American soldiers. “Although,” the NYT said, “black-market arms dealers thrive on the streets of Baghdad, and official Iraq Army and police uniforms can easily be purchased as well, presumably because government shipments are intercepted or otherwise corrupted.” The NYT went on to say, “The inspector general’s office, led by Stuart W. Bowen Jr., also a Republican, responded to Mr. Warner’s query about the Iraqi Army’s logistical capabilities with another report released at the same time, concluding that Iraqi security forces still depended heavily on the Americans for the operations that sustain a modern army: deliveries of fuel and ammunition, troop transport, health care and maintenance.” Which puts the idea that the Iraqis can govern themselves any time soon in a cocked hat. However, on October 27th Department of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said that people should “back off” and “relax” regarding giving the Iraqis deadlines for defending and governing themselves. While the architect of the debacle in Iraq, Donald Rumsfeld, is cavalierly telling everyone to relax re the situation in Iraq, another 100 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq, bringing the total to 2813. And now we find out that the military, which takes its cues and orders from Rumsfeld, has no idea where thousands of weapons are that were slated for the Iraqi army. Bottom line: It looks like all those terrorists that don’t exist because George W. Bush’s war in Iraq has made the world safer, may be using weapons supplied by the US military. Which brings up a couple questions: Do we know where our nuclear devices have gotten to? And, which country is more of a threat to the world, North Korea or the United States of America?