OK, heres where you need to think before you get pissed at what you see on the biased ass stupid media... The Humvees were a replacement for the "JEEP" not an "Armored Personel Carrier"... That would be a "Stryker" now... If they were still in jeeps noone would have any expectation of armor protection... but because the Humvee looks so "protective" they assume things that are incorrect.
While I'm ranting a bit... If you look at the scale of fighting in Falujah, this is not "MAJOR COMBAT" as the media would have you believe... Christ, Israel deals with that level of fighting on a daily basis... Do I think it was a bad politcal move for the president to do his stupid speech on the Carrier a year ago? Sure I do, but that does not mean he was incorrect in his statement.
One more thing before I bail on this...
Who could possibly be surprised at the level of resistance the soldiers are finding in these towns? They estimated as many as 60% of the elite troops melted into the country side a year ago...
They have no jobs and this is something they can do well. Even some of the paperwork we got from the "deck of cards" dudes including Saddam himself outlined sitting and waiting until things quieted down them attacking when folks least expected it.
Just my daily ramblings...