Do I have certain strong anti-communist feelings? You bet your ass I do. Being shot at for years by men soldiering under the communist flag does that to you.
Is the Pentagon acquisition system bloated and marginally competent? Of course, as are all government agencies. That has nothing to do with Marx. What you seem to want to do is conveniently forget this not just about acquisition problems but your heroes, CDI, usually taking strong anti-American positions on every issue.
And by the way, you claim to be a retired Navy Captain, certainly with decades of service. The real question is, since the USSR was our main enemy during your years of service, why didn't you develop an anti-communist position?
It is big fat idiots like you who think that calling folks communists or communist sympathizers is a valid way of dealing with folks taht disagree with your idiotic positions, which you can only defend by calling folks communists.
This not just about acquisition problems but your heroes, CDI, usually taking strong anti-American positions on every issue.
Another trait of you namecalling knee jerk idiots is that you put words in the mouths of others to beat them over the head with.
That is to avoid dealing with the fact that the JSF problems are huge acqusition system problems caused by an out of control Air Force that cannot even keep track of where its nukes are and that thinks that supported its bloated contractor base is more important than supporting the wars that we are actually fighting on the ground today.
I have spent almost none of my life paying any attention to CDI. Chuck Spinney on the other hand can hardly be tarred with the communist brush, and trying to do so, you just prove that you are a mindless namecalling idiot.
LaRoque was a screwball. On the other hand, our brilliant strategic thinkers in the Pentagon did not exactly cover themselves in glory in Vietnam, and it is the lessons of our military planning and execution failures that have lead to any succcess since then. In fact, we tried our hardest to forget those lessons in Iraq and almost managed to snare a big defeat as a consequence. We are back on track, but that is not the fault of your heroes in Versailles sur Potomac.
Hello, Mr IQ 153 - whoah like I am so impressed - when did the cold war end?