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To: ducttape45

just do it....the military is just as bloated as the rest of the federal govt....


5 posted on 01/13/2013 7:48:46 PM PST by cherry
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To: cherry
If AF pilots don't burn holes in empty sky, they can't perform well during wartime. That costs a lot of $$s. Just like boots can't perform well without going to the field and practicing.

I say cut the unconstitutional crap and keep the Constitutional stuff like defense.

/johnny

7 posted on 01/13/2013 7:57:55 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: cherry

I’l be more inclined to agree with you when we hear that shrimp treadmill program has finally gotten the axe.


8 posted on 01/13/2013 7:59:38 PM PST by pfflier
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To: cherry

“just do it....the military is just as bloated as the rest of the federal govt....”

No doubt the military is bloated. However, this is NOT getting rid of bloat...it is curtailing training to maintain military readiness. A military that does not train is a military unable to do its job when necessary.

I AM NOT advocating caving in to Obama to save military readiness. However, we need not be naive about what some of this process will produce...a military weak and leaving us vulnerable to attack.


9 posted on 01/13/2013 8:02:50 PM PST by Sola Veritas (Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
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To: cherry

Don’t you know that pointing out how bloated and wasteful the military is on FR is a capital crime? Prepare for lectures on how “out-moded” our aircraft carriers are and how unprepared we are for a massive invasion by Canada or something, and for these reasons and more we should never question military spending.

Teacher’s unions or people protecting their defense jobs—I can hardly tell a difference, the methods and arguments are all the same.


15 posted on 01/13/2013 8:38:55 PM PST by LifeComesFirst (http://rw-rebirth.blogspot.com/)
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To: cherry

And what is the per plane cost of the F35 now? The F35 project is like NASAs’ Webb space telescope. “The telescope that ate astronomy.” Well the F35 is the (poorly designed) fighter that ate the air force. Shutting down production of the twin engine world class F22 so as to fund the piss poor single engine F35 was a brilliant idea. /s.


41 posted on 01/14/2013 3:29:18 PM PST by jpsb
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To: cherry
Don't think I like what you said. True, there are areas that can be streamlined, but to say the military is just as bloated as the rest of the federal government, that's too broad of a blanket statement to make.

And you probably won't be thinking it was bloated when the nuclear missiles start falling because the military was weakened to a point where it wasn't able to function.

42 posted on 01/14/2013 4:17:51 PM PST by ducttape45 (Can you tell I'm angry?)
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