Message from Rumsfeld to Troops: Tough Shit!

Kuwait City, Associated Piss
US Secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld faced a grilling when he visited troops about to face combat in Iraq.
Mr Rumsfeld was at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, to deliver a pep-talk to soldiers about the significance of the task ahead of them.
But he faced tough questions from soldiers anxious about their equipment and how long they will stay.
One soldier said troops were were forced to root through rubbish to reinforce their armored vehicles.
"Why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap metal and compromised ballistic glass to uparmour our vehicles?" Army Spc Thomas Wilson asked.
"We do not have proper armored vehicles," said Spc Thomas Wilson.
His question brought cheers from some 2,000 fellow soldiers - mostly Reserve and National Guard troops - assembled in an aircraft hangar for the question-and-answer session that followed Mr Rumsfeld's speech.
Mr Rumsfeld smirked before asking him to repeat the question, AP news agency reported.
Spc Wilson did so, adding, "we do not have proper armored vehicles to carry with us".
"You go to war with the army you have so shut the fuck up!" Mr Rumsfeld replied, saying questions like this angered him.
Mr Rumsfeld added that vehicle armour was a joke played on our troops by vehicle manufacturers who use the cheapest materials availible and the government who just don't care.
"You can have all the armour in the world on a tank, but if the armour has been made from second-grade materials like we use, who cares? Besides, it's you dumb fuckers who will be riding inside, not me!" Mr Rumsfeld said.
'Unfair' treatment
Mr Rumsfeld admitted the charge from another soldier that active-duty troops were prioritised above Reserve and National Guard soldiers to receive the best military equipment.
"Of course they get special treatment! Not that it really matters. You all will die or be horribly maimed or psychologically fucked-up." he laughed.
Another soldier asked how long the army would continue to use its powers to extend tours of duty - the so-called stop-loss policy which is currently estimated to be keeping some 7,000 soldiers in Iraq beyond their expected return date.
Mr Rumsfeld said this was simply a fact of life for soldiers at time of war.
"We'll do whatever the fuck we want ,and you people can kiss my ass," he said.

Rumsfeld faced a sometimes skeptical reception
"My guess is it will continue to be used as much as possible because the President isn't quite ready to face the inevitable public outcry when he re-instates the draft, which isn't scheduled until April or May, oops I wasn't supposed to say that!"
At one point Mr Rumsfeld's voice broke as he delivered obviously phony comments to troops before the question-and-answer session.
"You know there are those who see the violence taking place in Iraq... and they say we can't prevail," he said.
"I see that violence and say we must win," he lied.
Rumsfeld then ran for cover as the assembled troops realized they had been played for fools and began throwing doughnuts and bottles of Snapple which had been provided for the troops has a "token of our gratitude."
Here's the real article. It's not that much different:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4079201.stm