EIGHT out of TEN!

I was feeling pretty OK this morning until I read this over at Americablog and Firedoglake

A secret Pentagon study has found that at least 80 percent of the marines who have been killed in Iraq from wounds to their upper body could have survived if they had extra body armor. That armor has been available since 2003 but until recently the Pentagon has largely declined to supply it to troops despite calls from the field for additional protection, according to military officials.

I want to say something pithy but I am quite frankly too mad to think straight about it. Evidently the excuse is that someone was afraid the additional armor would be too heavy and restrict movement too much. WTF! What happened to provide the optimum armor and let the troops that are risking their lives and dying whether it is too fucking heavy or clumsy. Jesus Christ on a tricycle!
Can we do something about this? Maybe we can have the tax forms changed to add a box like the one for Presidential Campaigns where we can check and say put a dollar toward giving my friends some armor?
EIGHT out of TEN! EIGHT out of TEN! EIGHT out of TEN! EIGHT out of TEN!

The shit better hit the fan over this.