That's a fairly regular talking point from the wingnuts and it's nice to know Secretary of Defense Gates knows better:
Gates praises MRAPs as lifesavers
By Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY
5/11/2008
WASHINGTON — Few troops have been killed or wounded by roadside bomb attacks in Iraq while riding in new armored vehicles, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, evidence of the value of the vehicles he made the military's top priority.
Gates credited Congress for giving the Pentagon $22 billion for the MRAP program.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
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