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Something associated with this affair is emitting foul odors.

The stench is coming out of the Pentagon and higher all the way into the Oval Office. You can't run a military bargain basement and not expect disaster. This very exact same thing caused Kitty Hawk and JFK issues.

Our post Reagan presidents and congress both parties which are equally to blame have sat on their big fat ***** doing zilch for our military and that includes both POTUS Bush's one of whom's Poppy and Sec of Def now current VP started us on this course. Not even Carter let things go this far this long. We at least past INSURV and let me tell you those inspecteors were rough.

A stench is a stench be it a Democratic or Republican one it stinks all the same. I wish the GOP would stop giving pigs a bath, putting pink ribbons on them, spraying them with cologne, and trying to make people think they're Poodles. We need a Reagan and a Cap Weinberger for our military and nations sake. McCain is far from that. We are in very deep trouble.

Not even Carter let things go this far this long.

I remember the Carter years and ships' POD notices advising young sailors with dependents that they might qualify for food stamps.

Certainly, the country is not now up to the challenges it faces; and this is not an uncommon theme in US history. And history, as we all know, frequently repeats itself. But as to the failed INSURVs, it is really difficult to fix blame based on the brief article in this thread. I can't imagine a command being starved for parts, capable personnel, and repair availabilities in spite of formal requests from the CO for assistance in matters relating to operational readiness. As previously stated, something in this matter is tweaking my olfactory apparatus. It will be interesting to see the results of the fleet wide investigation.