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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-23-06 08:56 PM Original message |
Why the military would rather fund stealth fighters than soldiers. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-23-06 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Kick |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-23-06 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. DoD can increase troop levels in a few months while the weapon systems |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-23-06 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. kick |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-23-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Too late. |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 12:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I'm sorry |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Just had 38th anniversary, we were married 22 of my 28 years in |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Bald? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. No, thankfully I have a full head of hair |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-23-06 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. As someone who has worked in that area |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-23-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Oh yeah, which parts? |
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newswolf56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-23-06 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. The reason is very simple: |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Your post is sarcastic and cynical but what parts of the "Quadrennial |
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newswolf56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Not disputing the facts -- just explaining why they're as they are: |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 04:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. OK but we had complete air superiority in Vietnam and Iraq. Ask any |
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newswolf56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 05:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. We had complete air superiority by last years of World War II also, but... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 06:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. "priorities deliberately intended to maximize fatalities"? Do you have |
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newswolf56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Per your request: |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 07:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yes I served in the military and like millions of others, I'm proficient |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
10. And how about that missile-defense program? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. A couple of respondents in this thread |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The article links to a very good report on it being unworkable |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. IMO we do need a missile defense program however the technology is |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
15. The explanation is the single word that sums up the entire neo-con |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
17. It's because the Mob gets a cut of stealth fighter purchases... |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. Because There Are Massive Profits In High-Tech R&D Programs |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-24-06 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. That's an easy one. |
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