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Posted on 10/26/2007 6:17:06 PM PDT by Kaslin
Defense: Democrats are balking at a White House request to fund the refitting of B-2 bombers so they can carry bunker buster bombs. It seems they're not interested in dealing with a real threat.
"The drumbeats of war are beating again, this time against Iran, and we have to step in while there is still time," moaned Rep. Jim McDermott, Democrat of Washington, said through a spokesman. "We are not authorizing Bush to use a 30,000-pound bunker buster."
Rep. Jim Moran, Democrat of Virginia, said he assumes the target for the bunker busters is Iran. Expect Moran to use his position on the House Appropriations subcommittee on defense to try to block the White House request for $88 million to equip B-2 stealth bombers with the capacity to carry a new bomb.
Called the massive ordnance penetrator, this bomb can penetrate hardened targets deep underground. It is six times as big as the current 5,000-pound bunker buster.
It is ideal, in other words, for destroying subterranean complexes such as the Iranian facility in Natanz, where Tehran is enriching uranium and could produce weapons-grade material beneath several yards of concrete and as much 75 feet of dirt.
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Slogan for 2008:
The Democratic Party. Weak on the defense of this nation.
Yes, the Dims are once again showing why they cannot be trusted with the defense of this great nation.
Can the B-52’s already carry this bomb? If the answer is yes then the military can and will use that airframe for it but McDermott can rest easy knowing that he put the more vulnerable B-52’s at risk when a better platform was available.
You have to be s*****g me. No way.
The 100,000th piece of evidence demonstrating the astonishing alliance of convenience between IslamoFascism and the Marxists, oops I meant liberals.
If I were the President I would do it anyway.
And Id be vocal about it.
Well ... if I were a terrorist I’d be opposed to retrofitting the B-2s. Just like Jim McDermott!
Or, still use the B-2 bombers with atomic weapons. That will get the world’s attention on Iran.
McDermott up to his tricks again....
The answer is yes: the test drops of this bomb were done using a B-52.
Moran = MORON
A good quarter of the country thinks it is a good idea too...
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Then guys like McDermott and Moran will be responsible for whatever casualties the Air Force suffers if B-52’s are shot down delivering the weapon.
McTermite, you POS, still playing defense for Iran? Are you warning them of the 30,000 LB BBB coming their way? Do you want our Air Force kids to die instead of busting Ahmedi-Hejab's nukes?
I would love to give you my best wishes but you're not worth getting me banned. Use your negative IQ and guess!
Here’s another one...LOL;0)
Democrats are balking at a White House request to fund the refitting of B-2 bombers so they can carry bunker buster bombs.Party of Treason ping.
Yep, the soft in the head, Party of Treason. AKA DemonRats. Betraying the country since.. well at least the 1950s. But longer for what was once a small minority of the party, but which now dominates it.
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