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Posted on: 2009/5/11 15:07
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CSS996 | Re: F-22 On Chopping Block, Joint Strike Fighter Not | ||
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Why don't we halt ALL fighter production and just plant flowers instead?
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Posted on: 2009/5/11 15:10
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DaleD | Re: F-22 On Chopping Block, Joint Strike Fighter Not | ||
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The scary thing is, there are a significant number of Americans who think exactly that way. |
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Posted on: 2009/5/11 17:21
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BrianCunningham | Re: F-22 On Chopping Block, Joint Strike Fighter Not | ||
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He might need them in Afghanistan
He's pulling out of Iraq, but getting more involved there. |
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Posted on: 2009/5/11 17:29
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1Fast04Vert | Re: F-22 On Chopping Block, Joint Strike Fighter Not | ||
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He doesn't need them there either. Bad guys live in caves and don't have fighter aircraft. The F-15E, A-10, and a few F-16s are all we need over there. But the unmanned aircraft are awesome, cheaper, effective, and a lot safer and doing a good job. |
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Posted on: 2009/5/11 18:14
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TommyT-Bone | Re: F-22 On Chopping Block, Joint Strike Fighter Not | ||
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We don't need modern day weaponry if we use modern day diplomacy. Maybe if we say "Please stop the violence and human rights offenses" the bands of roving subversives/insurgents inducing all this chaos will think twice about it. After all .......... we did say "Please".
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Posted on: 2009/5/11 18:36
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Matatk | Re: F-22 On Chopping Block, Joint Strike Fighter Not | ||
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And make sure you bow while saying it. Matthew |
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Posted on: 2009/5/12 0:51
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Dads90 | Re: F-22 On Chopping Block, Joint Strike Fighter Not | ||
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Oh great, lets just sell them to some other country, who will sell it to another country to use against us. Viscous cycle.
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Posted on: 2009/5/12 4:04
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bogus | Re: F-22 On Chopping Block, Joint Strike Fighter Not | ||
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I have always wondered why we needed 18 different aircraft to do the same basic mission.
The F22 is a cool plane, but the JSF does it and does it more efficiently. Also, with only one fighter to maintain, it means more cost effective management of the plane. Think of the Southwest Airlines model - an entire fleet of 737s. As technology improves, the need for all this transitional technology becomes moot. It IS time for a single air superiority fighter, that is the JSF. At the same time, the JSF is 20 years ahead - hell 30 years - of whatever any potential enemy, including the Chinese, can muster. Top that off with the BEST pilot training in the world and you can see we have air superiority. Period. I am a huge fan of automated technologies. Obviously, there are times when putting man and machine into harms way is necessary, but when you can use such technology, I am all for it. I guess it's about practical applications and not expenses for the sake of expenses. Call it budget restraint. It's something the defense department hasn't learned and really needs to. The sad reality is that no matter what happens in this world, there will be a need for a strong military. Once the terrorists are dealt with - hell, before that - a new enemy will reveal itself. It's a given. Once the USSR collapsed, it revealed our next enemy... In as much as when the kings of Europe fell after WWII. It took a long time for the enemies to form, but they did. Nature abhors a vacuum. I wish everyone else could see this. |
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Posted on: 2009/5/12 4:35
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JrRifleCoach | Re: F-22 On Chopping Block, Joint Strike Fighter Not | ||
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The enemy within? |
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Posted on: 2009/5/12 5:08
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Epimax | Re: F-22 On Chopping Block, Joint Strike Fighter Not | ||
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Oh yes, that's a must....bow down and beg like a scolded dog.... |
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Posted on: 2009/5/12 10:22
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bogus | Re: F-22 On Chopping Block, Joint Strike Fighter Not | ||
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It wasn't attractive when McCarthy was around, it isn't attractive today. In reality, it is paranoia. Paranoia is crippling. |
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Posted on: 2009/5/13 5:48
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Matatk | Re: F-22 On Chopping Block, Joint Strike Fighter Not | ||
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Some paranoia is healthy. Can't go around thinking everything is tofu burgers and happy bunnies. There are bad people in the world and we do have to protect ourselves. Matthew |
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Posted on: 2009/5/13 11:33
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bogus | Re: F-22 On Chopping Block, Joint Strike Fighter Not | ||
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Agreed, but paranoia isn't the right word nor emotion. It's more like concern or care. Paranoia is a form of fear and once it festers, we get people like Joe McCarthy looking for evil at every turn. |
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Posted on: 2009/5/13 14:41
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