Army Thin-Skinned Over Homemade Armor (washingtonpost.com)

"The possibility that soldiers could be denied extra protection because of an Army policy has outraged some of the friends and neighbors who helped the Jefferson City-based unit.

'I think it's the stupidest thing I ever heard of,' said Virgil Kirkweg, owner of a Jefferson City steel company, which rushed to meet the reserve unit's armor request. 'I just hope the government is not dumb enough to make them go out there without something that's going to protect them somewhat.'"

Now here's an interesting twist! Friends and neighbors, worried about the safety of the local boys, decide to add some extra armor to the vehicles that are being sent to Iraq. A couple of obvious conclusions from this information:
-- folks are very concerned about the dead and wounded in Iraq (American, that is)
-- folks do not trust the current military to provide adequate protection

The Vietnam war replay continues ...