‘Out of time’: Air Force confronts
rising China, battles Congress over
outdated aircraft
Posted By: Ribicon, 9/20/2021 7:59:44 PM
Top Air Force officials sounded the alarm Monday that the U.S. is rapidly falling behind China in the race to dominate the 21st century, and they suggested that Congress‘ refusal to let go of aging weaponry and planes is a military luxury the country can no longer afford. Such dire warnings from Defense Department officials are common across Washington, with officials trying to justify ever-rising budget requests by laying out a world in which the U.S. slips behind its rivals militarily and needs more money to catch up. But Pentagon watchers say the debate has taken on new clarity and urgency with the chaotic but complete withdrawal of U.S. forces
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Haitian deportees BITE ICE agents and
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assault pilots on deportation flights
back to Port-au-Prince 21 replies
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GM corn set to stop man spreading his seed
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The Pentagon arm of the military/industrial complex lets China freely steal our advanced weaponry design, even leaving various examples of same behind in their "botched" withdrawal from Afghanistan. The defense contractor arm of the military/industrial complex, which no doubt helped China steal our technology, stands ready to build even newer weapons. The US government views US citizens as the enemy while flooding the country with illegal aliens and unknown refugees and spending us into oblivion, yet we need to defend ourselves against foreign aggressors, one of which Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark "Medals" Milley has on speed dial to undermine our president. And the same CIA that says China is a threat had no problem at all with the decades' worth of lopsided "free trade" agreements that dismantled our industrial base and built China into what it is today. Is that about right?