[AnotherUnixGeek]

The Navy and Marine Corps face a much larger shortfall of fighter jets than expected, four senior members of the House Armed Services Committee warned Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

Get used to it. In cradle-to-grave welfare states, the military is not a priority - just look at Europe.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Exactly right. Europe could afford cradle-to-grave socialist welfare because the U.S. filled their defense gap. Luckily the U.S. can adopt cradle-to-grave socialist welfare because...

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