[Mr Ramsbotham]

They need to fire all the freaking bean counters and slogan-mongers and bring in some people who are interested in fighting wars.

[USMCGunnut]

Until you have boots on the ground saying “its mine” you don't have squat, and even then its still in doubt at times in todays urban conflicts. Its hard to give up all the new toys and the money that comes with them.

[flowerplough]

Gates thought Airforce was/were/is underutilizing their drone capability and were basically not doing enough for the soldiers and marines in Iraq. And almost anyone who looks into the matter will very likely agree with Gates.

The Airforce doesn’t want anonymous, discrete, unseen drones. The Airforce wants $400,000,000.00 flying Barbaros and winged Big Browns for their future mythic “Knight of the Sky” Heros. The Airforce wants to re-fight World War II, and keeps buying better fighters and bombers to re-win that war.

[ASA Vet]

Did you look over in “breaking news” and “front page news?”

[Mr Ramsbotham]

They need to fire all the freaking bean counters and slogan-mongers and bring in some people who are interested in fighting wars.

[hosepipe]

An investigation into any military leaders CLinton had a hand in appointing or expediting should be done.. No doubt they are traitors or incompetent.. In ALL the services.. Unless he overlooked a war monger being installed.. Which would be fortunate..

[bill1952]

Baloney.
Without undisputed control of the air you cannot put boots on the ground in Kansas, let alone a hostile environment.

This is how we built this military Juggernaut, and it all starts with local control of the air.
America cannot project force without it.

[pabianice]

The USAF and USN are run by fliers. That being said, it is understandable that they would dread anything that takes people out of cockpits.

[DesScorp]

It won’t end the problems. USAF’s attitude problems are institutional in nature. They believe all that “first among equals” stuff. Read Air Force magazine sometime. According to the editors, everyone would be better off if we seized the budgets from the other three services and just bought a bunch of F-22’s.