budgets that have increased as a result. and morale was better. neil: it almost sounded like we were out of a means of ammunition, and if we were planning to attack somewhere, go slow mr. president, we are rea ready. i can t speak to the specifics of bullets but if you look at simply the readiness numbers. how many aircraft, how many units were declared unready for combat, and we are in an all out conflict. or in this case we have failed to give them adequate support and financial muscle in order to do the kind of training and readiness and repairs and upgrades that we need to keep our forces there. neil: when president bush
i m not sure those numbers are totally accurate or representative in the sense that the way the army measures readiness is not just through whether its machines are fixed and fueled but through things like have each of its soldiers completed counter espionage training. there are dozens of checklists of some meaningful but some totally unmeaningful requirements that a brigade needs to register as combat effective. the numbers are a little misleading on that. i have confidence our grand forces will be ready to go. leland: we know the readiness numbers are something congress will talk about as they try to get the huge increase in defense spending and the service chief talking about it as an issue as well. thanks, my friend. all the best. shannon: san francisco a sanctuary set to pony up big bucks after the city violated