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To: null and void
You persist in being extrordiarily dense.

No, you do.

EVERY US COMBATANT DESERVES THE ABSOLUTE BEST EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING THAT EXISTS ON EARTH.

And the budget for doing this is not infinite. The USAF has deliberately priced itself out of the TACAIR business with the F-22. If they are unwilling to buy a weapons system that the American taxpayer is willing to support, then that is the Air Force's problem. There are many problems facing the US military right now that are in equal need of solution. The F-22 was designed for the Central Europe scenario, and the rationale for its particular set of design compromises and price tag evaporated in 1991.

The alternatives, given today's fiscal situation, are "do we buy this shiny new fighter?" or "do we make sure our squadrons on the tarmac today are trained, furnished with sufficient spares and weapons, and ready for war?" I will vote for the latter, as we cannot have the former and the latter.

Or is it that you favor a "fair fight" where our men and women die proportionaly to the enemy?

You are obviously the sort of despicable creature who eats its own excrement for sustenance.

91 posted on 05/24/2002 4:29:00 PM PDT by Poohbah
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To: Poohbah
You are obviously the sort of despicable creature who eats its own excrement for sustenance.

I see your understanding of nutrition equals your understanding of the value of an American's life.

93 posted on 05/24/2002 4:32:57 PM PDT by null and void
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To: Poohbah
Sorry boys, but we are gunna have to scrap the F-22 program. I've ordered a bunch of nifty rescue beacons to put up on the southern border with Mexico to help illegal immigrants invade our country.

Hugs 'h kisses!
--GW
103 posted on 05/24/2002 10:13:29 PM PDT by RebelDawg
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