“I also greatly appreciate that Secretary Gates continues to place the highest priority on supporting the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces.”
REALLY??? How is cutting military projects “supporting the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces”????
I heard earlier that they will be cutting the F-22 Raptor program. That is INSANE!!!!!!! It is one of our best (if not THE best) fighters we have!
Obama’s whole rhetoric about “saving and creating jobs!” Nonsense! I heard that cutting the F-22 program alone will cost over 90,000 jobs!
Our guard is coming down and then.....Oh, I don’t even want to think about it!
God, have mercy on our country!
Cancelling Raptor at this point is indeed insane.
They are going to have a fight on their hands that is for sure.
Mr. Gates said he was going ahead with plans to buy four more of the Air Force’s advanced F-22 fighter jets in a supplemental spending bill that will be forwarded to Congress soon. But he said he would cap the total number of F-22’s at 187. ... The advanced fighter, made by Lockheed Martin, was designed during the cold war and has not yet been used in combat. Critics view it as one of the most prominent examples of a military program plagued by cost overruns and delays.Designed during the Cold war? Not hardly.