Disgruntled Troops Complain to Rumsfeld:

This is the response of a man who has never worn a uniform:

"'You go to war with the Army you have,' he said in a rare public airing of rank-and-file concerns among the troops."

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"Rumsfeld replied that troops should make the best of the conditions they face and said the Army was pushing manufacturers of vehicle armor to produce it as fast as humanly possible."

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"And, the defense chief added, armor is not always a savior in the kind of combat U.S. troops face in Iraq, where the insurgents' weapon of choice is the roadside bomb, or improvised explosive device that has killed and maimed hundreds, if not thousands, of American troops since the summer of 2003.

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