"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/10/2014 at 18:36 • Filed to: planelopnik
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/10/2014 at 18:36 • Filed to: planelopnik | 2
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Today's Washington Post has an interesting !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on the fight to save the A-10. Supporters point out that while the F-35 is supposed to take the place of the Warthog, the 'Hogs will be gone by 2019 and the F-35 isn't slated to be ready until 2021. And that's probably optimistic. As part of the debate, Sen. John McCain, himself a decorated Navy pilot and former POW, asked the questions that are on many minds, including Oppo's:
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"We are going to do away with the finest close air support weapon in history?" he said at the news conference. "And we are then going to have some kind of nebulous idea of a replacement with an airplane that costs at least 10 times as much — and the cost is still growing — with the F-35? That's ridiculous. That's absolutely ridiculous."
On matters of military procurement, McCain's is often a strong voice. It remains to be seen if his opinion will sway the Pentagon bean counters.
LappingLuke
> ttyymmnn
04/10/2014 at 18:38 |
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I wish a bat would go to John McCain...
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ttyymmnn
> LappingLuke
04/10/2014 at 18:41 |
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I certainly don't agree with everything the man has to say, but I do agree with this. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
TheBaron2112
> ttyymmnn
04/10/2014 at 18:41 |
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Should we REALLY be listening to a man who, in his close air support plane, pressed the mission, wound up failing at it by not hitting the target, and was shot down, subsequently winding up being a POW because it?
desertdog5051
> ttyymmnn
04/10/2014 at 18:54 |
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Possible controversy here!
I can only say "Thanks, Obama." He has already gutted all the military divisions of 137 of the best officers we have. Why? I'll let your figure that out. Nuff said.
For Sweden
> LappingLuke
04/10/2014 at 19:10 |
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Yes, because violence is the answer. Maybe the president can put him on the kill list for you?
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For Sweden
> TheBaron2112
04/10/2014 at 19:12 |
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That would make him more knowledgeable about what happens when pilots don't have the best plane for close air support.
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LappingLuke
> For Sweden
04/10/2014 at 19:18 |
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Ironic since the subject is how we should spend billions of dollars to lay waste to other humans...
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LappingLuke
> ttyymmnn
04/10/2014 at 19:19 |
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I'm all for having the best cost/benefit solution for everything. He may well be right but I do hate his guts...
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For Sweden
> LappingLuke
04/10/2014 at 19:20 |
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Except that primary target of the A-10 isn't weddings in Yemen and kids who made the mistake of having a bad father.
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For Sweden
> desertdog5051
04/10/2014 at 19:22 |
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It's weird to think that criticizing elected officials could be considered controversial
offroadkarter
> ttyymmnn
04/10/2014 at 19:31 |
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This is the first time I've heard McCain make sense in years.
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LappingLuke
> For Sweden
04/10/2014 at 19:32 |
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I don't have a direct issue with the decision of which plane to use...I just don't like John McCain.
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> desertdog5051
04/10/2014 at 19:40 |
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http://www.snopes.com/politics/consp…
Are you being serious?
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desertdog5051
> gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
04/10/2014 at 21:18 |
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I would love to know that it is wrong. (internet, you know.) Never the less, it does follow his M.O. The military and NASA have seen great reductions in budgets. Sorry I voted for him ONCE.
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desertdog5051
> For Sweden
04/10/2014 at 21:20 |
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Gamecat235 once told me that I should put a jump in and a warning. So I did.