In the times when lived Funny Mustached Men and Roosevelt, battlefields had open air jeeps.

And, lo, soldiers were killed or maimed; but, as this was the way it was suppose to be,  this was good. 

And,  for a time,  it was good. 

Then came armor that could stop bullets. 

Surviving soldiers did send a cry, saying,  lord government,  please give us protection.

And lo, the gouvernent in its infinite wisdom did ignored the cry. 

But, then so also did Defense contractors cry out, think of the missing profits! 

And lo, the government gave the defense  Contractors more money to build armored vehicles. 

Thus, shareholders' (sacred be thine seed money) value increased. 

And, for a time, it was good. 

Then the 90s came,  and a wall in Berlin fell mightily. 

Lo, the government said in its infinite wisdom to the soldiers, thy armor wastes gas in a budget year, thyself must do better.  

And so the armor was stripped out, and milage went up while defense contractors profited by servicing contracts. 

The government looked, saw that the murder machine was slightly more efficient, and shareholders' (sacred be thine seed money) value had increased.

And lo, there was much rejoicing.

And,  for a time,  it was good. 

But then came the unintended Consequences of Actions. 

Thus two towers were struck blows, and did fall. 

The lord government cried out, who will admit to this?

Twas I, declared Al Quaeda.

And so, the government in its infinite wisdom, did invade an uninvolved country with many troops and unarmored vehicles. 

And there was much in the way of killing and maiming soldiers.

Once more came a cry from the surviving soldiers, lord government,  please give us protection!

And,  then, the cry fell upon deaf ears of lord government .

Thus did soldiers scavange and welded steel like space orks, and for a time, it was mostly good, depending on how the bullets hit.

Here endeth the parable of reactive policy decisions guiding the lord government's military equipment.

May his noodley appendages touch us all, and guide our thoughts towards always increasing our shareholders' (sacred by thine seed money) value.

Ramen.