Supplying the troops

Remember lying scumbag general Ricardo Sanchez from the Abu Ghraib tortures? True to Bush administrative mode of rewarding the bad and punishing the good, he is up for promotion. But, a little bit of leakage also puts him in the news as a direct contradiction to the administration's continuing rosy picture of Iraq.

The top U.S. commander in Iraq complained to the Pentagon last winter that his supply situation was so poor that it threatened Army troops' ability to fight, according to an official document that has surfaced only now.

The lack of key spare parts for gear vital to combat operations, such as tanks and helicopters, was causing problems so severe, Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez wrote in a letter to top Army officials, that "I cannot continue to support sustained combat operations with rates this low."

...Lt. Gen. Claude V. Christianson, the senior logistics officer on the Army staff at the Pentagon, said the readiness problems in Iraq peaked last fall but largely have been addressed.

WaPo article

Yes, we've seen how that's been addressed.