Tell me again… who exactly doesn’t support the troops?

Somebody explain this to me… if, as the wingnuts claim, it is Democrats who do not support the troops, then why is it that it takes a Democrat to ferret out the fact that the military is putting our soldiers’ lives at risk with corrupt procurement practices? Why do we never see an upstanding red-blooded morally-superior Republican doing this?

A study completed in late June by the Pentagon’s Inspector General concludes that the Department of Defense (DoD) has risked the lives of U.S. troops in Iraq due to malfeasance in awarding and monitoring contracts for badly-needed armored vehicles.

The study, which was requested by Democratic Congresswoman Louise Slaughter of New York, found that since 2000 the DoD has awarded “sole-source” contracts valued at $2.2 billion to just two companies, Force Protection, Inc.(FPI) and Armor Holdings, Inc (AHI).

Inspector General auditors found that the Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) made these two companies the sole providers of armored vehicles and armor kits for troops, despite knowing that other suppliers may have produced the equipment so desperately needed in Iraq substantially faster. Both manufacturers fell far behind delivery schedules, while AHI also produced inadequate and faulty equipment.

(Hat tip: Crooks and Liars)