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Veterans

earthside

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2. Ah ... that's so sad.

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2013, 09:28 AM

Mar 2013

Meanwhile the Pentagon is going to spend $12.6 billion a year, every year for the next 24 years on the F-35 fighter plane and another trillion dollars on "sustainment" costs over the next 30 years.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-needs-12-6-billion-222706531.html

Excuse me if I don't melt into a puddle of tears over the military's incompetence and perverted sense of priorities.

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Desperate times: Marines told to 'save every round' [View all] unhappycamper Mar 2013 OP

Classic DoD response. They get a spending cut and try to tell us ... Buzz Clik Mar 2013 #1

Ah ... that's so sad. earthside Mar 2013 #2