Ahh, I Love the Smell of Spin in the Morning. It Smells Like Bullshit

Spc. Thomas Wilson had asked the defense secretary, "Why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap metal and compromised ballistic glass to up-armor our vehicles?" Shouts of approval and applause arose from the estimated 2,300 soldiers who had assembled to see Rumsfeld.

Rumsfeld hesitated and asked Wilson to repeat his question. ...

Rumsfeld said the Army was sparing no expense or effort to acquire as many Humvees and other vehicles with extra armor as it can. What is more, he said, armor is not the savior some think it is.

"You can have all the armor in the world on a tank and a tank can (still) be blown up," he said.

Yeah, yeah: And the race does not always go to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. But, to quote Woody Allen, "that's the way to bet."

And if I were in Iraq -- pause so everyone can laugh -- I'd want the armor, despite its obvious shortcomings. Thank you, anyway, Rummie.

Of course, if he really wanted to make his point, he could have eschewed his armored caravan and taken a local cab to the airport.

I'm just saying.