Obama's Weapons Claim Called Into Question

The military is casting doubt on Barack Obama’s claim during a debate Thursday night that for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, it was “easier to get Taliban weapons” than it was to be properly equipped by their own country.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said Friday he found the claim “hard to believe.”

“Despite the degree of skill and finesse that it takes to manage a large force with the number of deployments we have going on — and despite the stress that we have readily acknowledged on the force, one of the things we do is make sure that all of our servicemen that are going into harm’s way are properly trained and equipped with the leadership they need to be successful,” he said.

Obama’s campaign stands by his remarks, which he made during a debate with Hillary Clinton in Austin, Texas, while explaining why he feels he is prepared to be commander-in-chief and why the decision to enter Iraq demonstrated poor judgment.

During the debate, he said he was told by an Army captain heading a rifle platoon that he was sent to Afghanistan with 15 fewer soldiers than he was supposed to have because the other troops were sent to Iraq.

“And as a consequence, they didn’t have enough ammunition; they didn’t have enough Humvees,” Obama said. “They were actually capturing Taliban weapons, because it was easier to get Taliban weapons than it was for them to get properly equipped by our current commander-in-chief.”

Military Questions Obama’s Claim That Under-Equipped Troops Used Taliban Weapons - You Decide 08!

I'm sure we will hear more on this as time goes by.

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Senator John Warner is calling him on it...

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Please. This is Obama. He is never wrong. And even if he is nobody cares.

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All candidates should be held to accuracy and that's why I posted this.
Obama seems to be the darling of the media and that's not fair to the
other candidates. When Obama screws up,I will call him on it every
time.

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Sounds like the Pentagon spokeman side stepped the issue. And did it pretty adeptly.

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