Saturday, May 17, 2008

Completely Unacceptable

Just yesterday in "Point, Click, Kaboom", I was shocked to learn that sensitive stolen United States military equipment has been available for purchase on popular Internet sites. This equipment includes fighter jet parts and nuclear and biological warfare protective gear. Only a day later, there is another similar story. Stolen advanced military night vision gear has reached our enemies in Afghanistan and Iraq, where it can negate the advantage U.S. troops have in nighttime combat. Federal prosecutors linked shipments to terrorist groups, such as al-Qaeda and Hezbollah, while others were headed to Iran and Taliban forces in Afghanistan. I ask the same question as I did yesterday. How could we let this happen? Today's question is how can we let this happen so regularly? Young Americans already in harms way, are being place in greater peril by our own stolen military equipment. This is completely unacceptable. Stories like these have me looking for accountability. I blame all of our elected leaders for this issue, along with so many other problems that are going unfixed. This is another tragic example of the overall trouble our Country is in. We need real leadership in Washington to put us back on the right track.

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