telerib | It was classified for a *reason,* you know

So the Washington Post got ahold of a classified Army report on the Stryker transport vehicle that outlines its shortcomings in combat.

"Eric Miller, senior defense investigator at the independent Project on Government Oversight, which obtained a copy of the internal Army report several weeks ago, said the critique shows that 'the Pentagon hasn't yet learned that using the battlefield as a testing ground costs lives, not just spiraling dollars.'"

Well enough. I understand the desire for a watchdog group to want a "smoking gun." I understand the desire of the free press to hold the military complex up for examination.

But the WaPo article reads like a how-to manual on making a successful attack on a Stryker. Rather than stick with generalities, they get pretty darn specific - which parts fail, under what conditions, and how often.

Tell me that that's not going to cost lives.