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  • Who Needs Weapons? It's good we didn't listen to Kerry back in '84.

    03/22/2004 6:46:54 AM PST · by .cnI redruM · 12 replies · 413+ views
    National Review ^ | March 22, 2004, 9:08 a.m. | By Rep. J. D. Hayworth
    "We are continuing a defense buildup that is consuming our resources with weapons systems that we don't need and can't use." — John Kerry in 1984 on the Reagan defense build-up. What are some of these weapons systems that John Kerry said "we don't need and can't use?" The list might surprise you. It includes many of the most important weapons in our arsenal and weapons that have performed brilliantly in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Among the systems John Kerry said he wanted to cancel were the B-1 bomber, the Apache helicopter, the Patriot anti-missile system, the Aegis...