Nah, too high tech and costly, this more what the dems have in mind...
Posted on 08/12/2009 5:58:25 PM PDT by Nachum
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon may want to consider scaling back Lockheed Martin Corp's multinational F-35 fighter program, the costliest-ever U.S. arms-purchase plan, as part of stepped-up budget belt-tightening, an analysis by an influential research group said.
The private Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, several of whose one-time experts are now serving in senior Obama administration jobs, cited the F-35 as just one example of programs ripe for review by the Department of Defense during its once-every-four-year, top-to-bottom re-assessment now under way.
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Exactly whose jobs is Obama’s administration saving?
I mean they have these numbers they cite about saving jobs, but everywhere I look their cuts are cutting jobs, their tax increases will but costing the economy jobs, and their stimulus spending is disappearing into the black hole of government mismanagement.
And people think these Liberals walk on water...
(To think people were depressed and miserable when there was full employment and wages were going up on their own. Now that they’re unemployed life is just peachy.)
Why is this a surprise? Check Davis Monthan, we might still have some SPADS in mothballs.
Kill the F-22 and then say we don’t have enough money for the F-35 either.
By George, I believe you’ve got it.
What is the binding agent in the spitball?
I heard it was ACORN dust.
Bingo. Who needs fighter planes anyway? Obama’s mesmerizing speeches surely render all forms of military conflict unnecessary.
We are so screwed!
“Obama’s mesmerizing speeches surely render all forms of military conflict unnecessary.”
I don’t know about his speeches making military conflict unnecessary, but his policies sure are going to make it impossible for the US.
Is this an unintended consequence? Probably not?
And now, what will those F-22 hating F-35 supporters say when it's their F-35 following in the F-22s footsteps? Oh, I know...our drone air force will fly to our rescue!
Obviously, we don't need manned fighters any more than we needed guns in those fighters way, way back when. Finally, technology has made obsolete the notion that those who fail to heed history are doomed to repeat it.
Yeah, you get it. Reduce America to a third rate military power. Clinton tried it too. “Zero” told us this was his plan.
Nah, too high tech and costly, this more what the dems have in mind...
Ahh the college professors at work. They are so smart!
Maybe we can buy some Su 35s from the Russians cheaper? Its a sad day for the USA. Wait until war comes and we are caught without a modern AF and our enemies have better ships. Think 1941 Japanese Zero vs P 40s. This may save bucks to cut the F-35 but in the end it will cost American lives.
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Kill the F-22 and then say we don’t have enough money for the F-35 either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl32Y7wDVDs
With proper tactics, the P40 kicked Zero ass.
Read about the Flying Tigers.
I remember his comments well.
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Golly gee... I am sure suurrrrpppriiiizzed!!!
NOT!
There is no money for any thing. The country is broke. The world will not buy our debt bonds. The left needs cash for the social programs we have now. The crash is soon.
The fact is the Left doesn’t want us buying any military hardware period. The more expensive it is, the more they oppose it. The classic trick is to scuttle a current purchase (e.g., F-22) in favor of a future weapons system that is supposedly better. However, when that system is ready, they will pull the same ruse. In this way, they appear pro defense, but the end result is that we buy nothing. The people who acquire, develop, and use military hardware tend to be on the conservative side too. So why subsidize those people when you can just hand out entitlements to your traditional constituent groups?
There is no money for any thing.
We stopped that years ago.
The money for the military will begin to go to arming and equipping obama's private army..er security force. Brought to us by the courtsey of the voters.
As if he had the voice of an antichrist.
I voted for Spads in other treads but people laughed! That’ll show ‘em! But maybe if we look around we can find some Sopwith Camels and that super-ace long-eared dog to pilot them.
“Reduce America to a third rate military power.”
Nope. Wrong - not a third rate military power but a military-free area formerly known as the US. He’s simpily fulfilling his campaign promise to unilaterally disarm. Nothing to worry about.
You must use tungsten as the nose weight. Anything else is not PC, and those tunsten ammo contracts that the left shoved down out collective throats are still operative. So lets get cracken with low-cost Chinese labor to make them by the millions - cheapest military air superiority airframe in the world! Let those Flankers just try it! We’ll show ‘em!
Not so - if they made just one more that the 187 cost per plane would drop, if they made 40 more, the cost would fall to 70 million per, if they made all 750 in the original plan the cost would fall near 22 million per.
See: The Untimely Demise of the F-22 - linked in another F22 thread.
Unfortunately a growing portion of our society thinks the long eared beagle is real.
Isn’t he? I’m astounded! All these years ... oh my...What about the Easter bunny - he’s real right?
Yes the ordinary dem liberal will, if Hussein is sucessful, learn to be “a good German” - those that survive the first purges that is...
Weeell, I’m more prone to believe it will be more like a good Russian.
He first has to get rid of all those starry eyed followers that believed in him too.
Yes your right - my bad - a “good Russian” it is.
As far as the starry eyed - they will be the first to go - unreliable, you know - they already sold out their country, so who can trust them? Therefore, they are untrustworthy making them expendable. The Purges of Stalin will have a rebirth - just think what modern show trials will look like - Oh, the commentary!
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