A Tank In Every Garage

So, Robert Gates wants more money for yet another type of up-armored vehicle for Iraq?

USA Today fronts word that Defense Secretary Robert Gates met with lawmakers yesterday to try to figure out a way to shift around $1.3 billion so that Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles could be delivered more quickly to troops in Iraq. Gates said the Pentagon has "found a way to accelerate production … and it's going to take a little extra money." On Monday, USAT revealed the Pentagon ignored multiple pleas from those on the ground for more of these vehicles.

I love that line, "it's gonna take a little extra money". I smell a contractor nearby, don't you?

Perhaps I don't understand all the ramifications of guns, tanks and things. And I'm not trying to be callous towards our troops. But if they build a more armored vehicle, won't the insurgents just use a bigger explosive device? In other words, isn't this a neverending cycle? How about saving a buck and ending the war?