U.S. ditched plan to give Afghan forces more armored vehicles

U.S. ditched plan to give Afghan forces more armored vehicles | Reuters: 
When you think of the billions the US lavishes on arms for Israel this is a bit of an obscenity.

The decision not to supply around 300 extra vehicles, taken largely for budgetary reasons, remains a sore point, as local forces struggle to implement a U.S.-led push to get them off bases and into active battle against a resilient insurgency.