"Why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap metal and compromised

"Why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap metal and compromised ballistic glass to uparmor our vehicles?"
Army Spc. Thomas Wilson
Of the 278th Regimental Combat Team, asking Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld about vehicle armor used by troops in Iraq.
"You can have all the armor in the world on a tank and it can [still] be blown up."
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld
Replying to the soldier's question about vehicle armor.
"I still have to put up the penguins around the campfire."
Greg Parcell
A resident of Geneva, Ill., on finishing touches to his front yard Christmas display.