Posted on 03/16/2009 10:15:25 PM PDT by utahson
Two defense officials who were not authorized to speak publicly said Gates will announce up to a half-dozen major weapons cancellations later this month. Candidates include a new Navy destroyer, the Air Force's F-22 fighter jet, and Army ground-combat vehicles, the offi cials said.
More cuts are planned for later this year after a review that could lead to reductions in programs such as aircraft carriers and nuclear arms, the officials said.
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Prepare to die, New york... How many times have they targeted you?
We need the money to buy people houses.
The F-22 will actually save money if it is cut. It is a massive mis-allocation of tax monies.
Why won’t he cut the Osprey completely as well?
Why does the military need money? Are we at war or something?
/Sarcasm
A weak military and a weak US are NOT accidents or outgrowths of the “liberal” "pay for a welfare state for everyone" Obama program.
Obama wants the end of the US. How many more clues do we need?
Here comes Carter II.
IMHO SECDEF Gates won’t be there for long. Clark is going to take over in 2010, as promised by Obama.
He said he would do it, why should anybody be surprised:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb6EE3C7uWE
The best advice is to learn how to speak Russian and Chinese.
right out of the dim playbook. gut the military
why?
I would rather have Christian Carter and go through 22% mortgage rates than Hitler Obama h*ll bent on destroying my childrens America.
Someone naively trying to do good I could handle more than oBamas evil.
Weasley? OMG if it’s him...
Hitler II
Do they not remember 9-11? The world is not a peaceful place without the power of US military. We’ll loose NYC for sure.
I hope all those military types and retirees who voted for this trash are happy that they’re fellow soldiers will be less protected and defended.......
Clark’s an idiot.
I wonder which Army vehicles he’s looking at?
Obama will have us in a war before he is through.
I am beginning to go from loathing to hatred of our so called president.
Obama is strengthening al Qaeda.
“And convince everyone to not enlist by refusing to treat war wounds once the member returns to CONUS!”
That’s OK....
remember that there are several in the administration that REALLY want to re-institute the draft.
The libs/demos don’t want freedom of choice - like to join up on your own cause you are patriotic or want to get out of the ghetto.
They want to mandate service in the way that they imagine to be most productive. Guess that means a homeland security force to check homes for “illegal” guns or literature.
It will only take a couple of years for these idiots to discourage all voluntary patriotism and instill manditory servitude.
Prepare for all ROTC programs to be converted to National Volunteer Militia Corps or some such — complete with his unworthness’s portrait on the wall.
Carter Lite is going full speed for Carter the Imbecile.
Obama is sticking to his ‘real’ agenda — and this is only the beginning.
Because the Osprey has Killed over 30 Marines and is a stupidly unstable platform. Obama wants the US military humbled and junk like the V-22 will do just that.
“The libs/demos don’t want freedom of choice - like to join up on your own cause you are patriotic or want to get out of the ghetto.”
they want everyone to be the same. Everyone will be socialized to be like one person, one mind, as part of their national service.
Only the ones with wings, rotors, tracks, or wheels.
We need the money to buy people houses. We need the money buy Wind turbines, ACORN, bridges to nowhere and health Care for everyone!
Obama wants the end of the US. How many more clues do we need?
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I need none and if anyone can’t see that a coup d’etat is taking place, then they need to take the blinders off.
Here comes Carter II.
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Do you seriously believe this is Carter II or is just wishful thinking on your part?
I would rather have Christian Carter and go through 22% mortgage rates than Hitler Obama h*ll bent on destroying my childrens America.
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AMEN. Many of our friends are already making plans to get out. None of us will stay and live under Communism.
I am beginning to go from loathing to hatred of our so called president
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I passed that stage a month ago. I just want out of here and as far away from him as I can get. I’m sure that makes him very happy that his dissenters are out of here, less he has to deal with when they eventually turn on DC.
//cut the Osprey completely as well//
He might, but I hope they save the F-35, we really need that airplane’s capability IMO.
Obama will have us in a war before he is through.
I am beginning to go from loathing to hatred of our so called president."
I wonder if Obama will fight when real danger comes or he will welcome our enemies with open arms and submit. He will couch it as diplomacy and dialogue to reach out to Iran, Venezuela, Russia, China, etc., but I suspect he will not fight even if NYC or another major US city is destroyed.
I guess that’s better than Ramsey.
The real tragedy is the money that went to ACORN would build an aircraft carrier.
“Why does the military need money? Are we at war or something?”
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Naah, that jihad thingy is so 2001. Let’s just sing Kumbaya.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YE594zlUns
Ping
C’mon, get in the spirit!
Nancy Pelosi’s plane costs money to maintain, operate, and refuel....So does Air Force One, flying the perpetual campaign route—Look at this week: DC to LA for....Jay Leno-that’s vital to national security.
And ACORN neeeds to ramp up for the 2010 elections.
And there’s nothing wrong with urban schools that more billions of dollars won’t fix, right? They’ll be pumping out Rhodes Scholars any day now.......
Now we can feel what liberals went through the last eight years...not fun. We have a long wait until we are happy with a President again. Of course if liberals can survive, we can too.
To pay for diversity training, of course.
Bump
Do you even have a clue how many Marines the CH-46 killed in it’s first five years of operations?
Or for that matter how many Ospreys we have lost due to crashes in Iraq since the Osprey became operational (as opposed to still in the development stage)
The early record of the CH46 is that it was a Marine Killer and a death trap that the Osprey has not even come close to matching.
Since those, what was it, four testing accidents with a total of thirty Marines killed almost seven years ago, the osprey has had no accidents at all and a near prefect combat record. Quite an amazing feat for an aircraft that is so revolutionary and ahead of it’s time it threatens to change the whole concept of air mobility.
Amen
The Kenyan Clown intends to destroy our military.
Can't compare this to the past eight years. The pain we went through with Clinton MIGHT be similar to what libs went through with Bush...maybe. Most of the libs reaction to Bush was completely manufactured hate...not real hate. They hated a man that was evil, hateful, warmongering...a strawman, because that is not who Bush is.
In this case, Obama is hell bent on destroying this country has it is to create a leftist utopia. It is not debatable. I am disgusted but mostly in the American electorate's ignorance. I am hoping enough people figure it out to create significant change in the makeup of the House in 2010 to slow the damage. Otherwise, 4-8 years of this will destroy it and be irreversible.
“Bring us to our knees by weakening our military.”
This coupled with ending VA care of wounded vets corroborates the treason.
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