While I won’t argue that pork issues aren’t in play, one has to remember that whatever “The Army” says it wants right now, is what the Obama Administration wants. In this case, keeping the industrial base/ pipeline which produces essential military hardware open, is a good thing. It takes a long time to refit the industrial base to produce the necessary military equipment needed in time of crisis. This is one of the few times I will applaud the move by Congress to spend the money (with the understanding that it will be no where near as efficient as we all want it to be, and there is lots of room for improvement).
I understand your argument about industrial base pipeline and all that. I just don’t agree with it.
Whatever capability that is going to be used to replenish the stock will be over and done when this round is done, and we’ll be sending these machines off to who knows where to be used, worn out and eventually discarded - again.
Even setting this philosophy aside for a moment and looking at the bigger picture, this Republican ‘get’ pales in comparison to the egregious excesses they had to give Obama to get it. This country cannot survive having to pay 10 to 100 times the value of something we really need (to fund the entitlements and excesses) just to get it.
Excellent point. Were General Mixon the Chairman, the priorities would be entirely different. Right now combat readiness is not a priority, social experimentation is.
Uh-oh, you injected sense into an FR thread. You’re not supposed to analyze the “why” of it, just throw around terms like “Obama usurper!” and “treasonous bastards!”
Jeez, man...