First we had the idiocy with the battle of the Generals with the F-35 engine wars.
Then we had the idiocy, craziness and collusion with regards to Sweetman, APA, Cox and the rest of the merry band of followers when it came to spreading lies about the F-35 and its capabilities.
Now we have the idiocy of a US Senator twitting about the F-35.
Say it out loud.
A US Senator tweets about a weapon system that the Senate Armed Services Committee (of which he is a member and the ranking Republican) has direct oversight over. This is a piss poor way of handling any issues that he has with the program....I wonder if he's been compromised by the writings of certain "Defense Professionals"?
Read about it here but Senator McCain might seriously consider retirement. He is out of touch with the people that he represents, had to fake it to make it in the last election and is pushing for perpetual war for the US. The guy is a loon.
In a post Tuesday on the microblogging site, Sen. McCain sounded off on the management of the stealthy, next-generation fighter: “Congress notified that first F-35 jets have cost overruns of $771M. Outrageous! Pentagon asking for $264M down payment now. Disgraceful.”Oh and before you hit me with "McCain is right!" consider this...he has access to all the classified information that we don't....he is well aware of the efforts being made to bring down the cost of airplane and of the work being done to streamline production.
Manufacturer Lockheed Martin Corp. took to Twitter Wednesday in defense of the program. “The F-35 team is focused on reducing costs of the jets and is showing significant improvement in key areas,” the company said in a post Wednesday afternoon. The tweet included a link to recent Senate testimony by Tom Burbage, Lockheed’s F-35 program manager.
In reply, Sen. McCain wrote: “To most observers, a $771M cost overrun for 28 F-35s doesn’t qualify as ‘significant improvement.’ Taxpayers deserve better.”
He is simply after publicity. You know it and I know it.
Efforts to bring down cost in the future doesn't change the fact that it still overran by $771 million in the present.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately this is the norm in most if not all defense projects and just because you happen to be an advocate for a particular program doesn't make a $771M overrun okay.
not saying that it does, but this is a false controversy. this issue has already been debated and a program manager fired.
ReplyDeletepublicity is the goal here, not fact finding or outrage
McCain's handlers tell him what to say, plain and simple. Their only focus is to find controversy (even if they have to make it up) to get publicity. Period.
ReplyDeletewell i will add to what privateer said and thats all government forecasts are wrong, but it doest take the need of the system down, if we want safety and security, we should be prepared to pay for it, and while we should take steps to hold down the costs it doesnt mean we scuttle it.
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