tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post1169625808855071588..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: More on The F-35 Debacle -Leaked Pentagon Report Calls It Critically FlawedFreedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-58759111586588406982013-03-11T12:54:00.958-07:002013-03-11T12:54:00.958-07:00b.poster said:
I'm just deeply upset to see ...b.poster said:<br /><br /><i> I'm just deeply upset to see stalwart American allies treated in this manner by the Obama Administration and the US government.</i><br /><br />CHANGElouielouienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-76460416579918171142013-03-10T20:38:16.180-07:002013-03-10T20:38:16.180-07:00Given that Israel and Japan got "screwed"...Given that Israel and Japan got "screwed" in this situation, I would think that would give the government's of those countries an excellent reason to change the nature of the relationship between themselves and the United States. For example, Israel could change the nature of the "special relationship" with America and refuse the foreign aid or at least insist on certain conditions when working with Aemrica on any thing. <br /><br />Japan could do something similliar. For example, a time period could be set for the removal of all US forces and support pesonnel from Japan and they could insist on certain conditons being met for cooperation with America on certain projects. <br /><br />In the end, such a situation would actually be better for all countries involved. I'm just deeply upset to see stalwart American allies treated in this manner by the Obama Administration and the US government. With actions such as this it is hardly surprising America has no friends in the world today. B.Posternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-44464713206554934872013-03-10T20:31:36.097-07:002013-03-10T20:31:36.097-07:00Hopefully we could reinstate the F-22 program and ...Hopefully we could reinstate the F-22 program and scrap the F-35. It does appear that the F-35 was designed to do to much. This seems to be the problem with American foreign policy and even domestic policy. The governemnt is trying to do to much. One wayt this manifests itself is it leads to the military trying to undertake to many missions. <br /><br />If we focus our military away from what is currently expected of the to what it can reasonably be expected to do, then we probably do not need something like the F-35. The primary focus of America's military should be to focus on America's defense and not on missions in diverse parts of the world. Such a change in focus would help increase troop morale, troop retention, give us breathing space to fix the broken military, save money, and most importantly give us a fighting chance to defend our country. <br /><br />Even the F-22 is not going to be adequate to go up against the major powers in diverse parts of the world such as the Middle East and the Far East, however, it just might be adequate for our basic national defense needs. The aspect of the pilot being gunned down in a dog fight every time is an interesting one. Even with the F-22 the result in this area would be the same. American pilots do not have the training or the technology to be able to successfully go up against the major powers in this area. This combined with the poor quality of the leadership within the military services makes it unwise to continue most, if not all, world wide missions the military services are currently engaged in.<br /><br />The need of the Israelis to upgrade these planes with their own electronics is hardly surprising. After all the F-22 or F-35 are inferior technology compared with what the major world powers have. If it is going to be effective for Israel's needs, it would need significant upgrades. The same would likely be true for any of the other countries who would sign on to purchase the F-22 or the F-35. Why purchase inferior technology unless one plans to upgrade it? Such an action would make no sense unless one plans to give it the necessary upgrades. B.Posternoreply@blogger.com