Pentagon faulted for not preparing for roadside bomb threat - Yahoo! News UK

Pentagon faulted for not preparing for roadside bomb threat - Yahoo! News UK: "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.
'Yet DoD did not develop requirements for, fund, or acquire MRAP-type vehicles for low-intensity conflicts that involved mines and IEDs,' a summary of the report said.
'As a result, the department entered into operations in Iraq without having taken available steps to acquire technology to mitigate the known mine and IED risk to soldiers and Marines,' it said."

Just another dry report that some graduate student will use in his thesis proving the incompetence and disdain for the American military by the administration of George W. Bush. Just salute and do it. Do not ask questions as the chicken hawks know it all.