Bowing to Veto Threat, Senate Blocks Money for Warplanes

[Guest PerArduaAdAstra]

NY Times, 7/21

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 58-40 on Tuesday to strip $1.75 billion for seven more F-22 fighters from a military spending bill, handing President Obama a crucial victory in his efforts to reshape the military’s priorities.

The F-22, the world’s most advanced fighter, had become a flashpoint in a larger battle over the administration’s push to shift more of the Pentagon’s resources from conventional warfare to fighting insurgencies.

The plane’s supporters, who ranged from hawkish Republicans to Democrats close to organized labor, also voiced concern over the possible loss of high-paying manufacturing jobs at a time when the economy is in turmoil.

Immediately after the vote, Mr. Obama praised the Senate’s decision, saying that any money spent on the fighter was an “inexcusable waste.”

an “inexcusable waste.”

uh huh.

[Guest CA]

Here is a whole thread about this.

And yes, that sucks.

[Clayton Bigsby]

Pussies!

[Duck]

You Sir... are an inexcusable waste.