Some thought on the apparent "confusion" over the use for these vehicles --
Supposedly, Navistar is rehabbing those being returned from Iraq and A-stan for military use, for war? Are we at war somewhere else of which I'm not aware (our little intervention in Africa notwithstanding)? And I know I saw a piece somewhere detailing the millions of dollars worth of equipment that will not be brought home; too expensive.
So, in the meantime, they *will* be on American soil, no? Granted, it takes time to do the retrofitting, so that's a factor. What else is worth considering is that now, while Obongo's sequester is set to cut around $20 billion from the increase in the military's annual budget, he's also willing to allow the spending required to upfit these vehicles?
None of this jives, for me at least.