Note to Hillary

The latest liberal attempt to show they care, (while attacking the Bush administration) but reveals their ignorance. Michelle Malkin, NRO, RCP, recently back from Iraq, on Hillary and her MSM allies continuing to charge that our troops are underequipped :

But the Army reminds its critics that it began the War on Terror “with equipment shortages totaling $56 billion from previous decades. In the last several years, the Army has transformed itself more than any other military in history and rapidly acquires ever-improving equipment on a scale not seen since World War II.” In Iraq alone, officials report, “the Army has gone from a low of 400 up-armored Humvees to nearly 15,000 up-armored Humvees patrolling neighborhoods, protecting troops and mitigating risk from most types of enemy munitions. As of this date, the Army has produced enough Frag Kit No. 5 Retrofit kits to outfit every Humvee in Afghanistan and Iraq. Thousands of these kits are being flown into theater every month and they are being installed in theater, 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ensure Soldiers have the best protection available.”

Capt. Aaron Kaufman of the Dagger Brigade at Forward Operating Base Justice, the unit my Hot Air partner Bryan Preston and I embedded with in Baghdad last month, told me: This is simply another red herring.

There's more good information in Michelle's piece.

So let's up the Defense Budget, which was starved under Bill Clinton, who wasted cruise missiles in wag the dog diversions. Let's be sure we budget the funds to pay for comfortable recuperation at home for our wounded troops.

Note to Hillary---put your money where your mouth is.

And here's another note. Tony Blankley:

Everyone from Democratic Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joseph Biden to the liberal Brookings Institute to fierce and admired war critic Gen. Anthony Zinni to every Middle East diplomat one talks to (Turkish, Saudi, Jordanian, Israeli, Egyptian, et.al.) express the most profound concern for the consequences of American forces leaving Iraq naked to the raging passions and fears of the Middle East.
Given the fantastic pace and irresponsibility of the Democratic presidential primary campaign, this emerging What-me-worry? view of the day after we leave, probably will quickly become the de rigeur position of even the recently sensible candidates.

What next Hillary? Do you have a secret plan?