I must say your description of the human condition, while accurate in so far
as it goes, is but one side of the picture. And it isn't limited to either
the military or the United States. For every horror story there's also a
success (perhaps not always so well known) else we'd still be wondering if
it was safe to try and bring that hot crackling red wavy stuff (fire) into
the cave! Those Romans recently mentioned here with relatively high lead
levels in them got that way by developing indoor plumbing, alas with lead
pipes!
----- Original Message -----
From: <LEEnCALIF@aol.com>
To: "Military Vehicles List" <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 10:54 AM
Subject: [MV] CARC.... a legacy of gov
> Mike C. was talking about the highly toxic ingredients in CARC paint, so
> nasty it is banned on military bases now? I'm wondering... how do we
manage
> to do this kind of stuff to ourselves? Doesn't anybody in charge have any
> foresight whatsoever?
>
> I've always thought the greatest threat to our troops comes from our own
> side. Thinking out loud now, how can we be so dumb on such a regular
basis
> in this country? Do mil-spec procurers have take a stupid test to get
hired?
> Some of the past examples mil-veh over-engineering would make you think
so!
>
>
> Looking back I see our poor troops have been tested with nuclear fallout,
> sprayed with agent orange, inoculated with dangerous combinations of
drugs,
> exposed to toxic paints, chemicals and many worse hazardous things. We've
> got a long history of buying stuff that doesn't work, costs too much
and/or
> is hazardous to use.
>
> If you couple that stupidity to the stupidity of the ops people, it's a
> wonder how our people survive to fight! Remember when we've dropped Navy
> Seals in the water off Panama (Operation Just Cause) with more gear than
> their life vest could support? That was clever. We once sent in a small
> clandestine Marine rescue team against unknown odds and unknown firepower
> that got blown all the hell. Half their Huey's were wiped out in seconds
> when they flew point blank into AAA. On the ground, they were heavily
> outnumbered and the surviving Marine rescuers had to be rescued under
heavy
> fire (Miguez incident). The worst part, it was all for naught, the
hostages
> had already been freed before the operation even began.
>
> Lets don't even talk about the brilliance of the Iranian rescue attempt.
In
> Iraq, we lost more troops to blue on blue fire than to the enemy fire and
so
> it goes, from Beirut to Somalia, toxic chemicals, wrong equipment, bad
> intelligence, lack of foresight and poor leadership have taken their toll.
I
> bet we could collectively write a book from such examples.
>
> Now I am again reminded of the dangers of CARC...that's just great. We
> can't even paint a vehicle safely in the military! Arrrrgggg!!!!
>
> Sorry for my rant, it's just a little venting that has built up over many
> years of being exposed to this bureaucratic dumbness. In order to comply
> (slightly) with Arthur's rules, the lesson here is to be very careful when
> using, sanding or otherwise dealing with Carc paint for mil-vehs. It's
toxic
> and will rot yer brain and cause other serious illness.
>
> Jack (Sunny California)
>
>
>
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