tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post154563581644674353..comments2024-03-28T18:57:15.124-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: B-3 Program KilledAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-47341418283241648432009-03-16T18:46:00.000-06:002009-03-16T18:46:00.000-06:00Not really. Killing the B-3 was a good move. But...Not really. <BR/><BR/>Killing the B-3 was a good move. <BR/><BR/>But, I don't favor the B-3, primarily because I think the B-2 and F-22 and cruise missiles and ballistic missiles sufficiently meet the nation's need for its mission, and not because I am philosophically opposed to bombers. I also tend to favor a bomber version of the soon to enter service P-8, in lieu of most of the cruise missile platform role of our current surface fleet.<BR/><BR/>I do have some doubts about delaying the next generation air tanker (even if one were to oppose war entirely, they have use in disaster response missions, for example, and the current model is getting old from heavy use). <BR/><BR/>I am largely ambivalent about the F-22 v. F-35 trade off.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-43217144339106954942009-03-16T16:25:00.000-06:002009-03-16T16:25:00.000-06:00And to throw out an even more provacative statemen...And to throw out an even more provacative statement:<BR/><BR/>Killing the B-3 is perhaps the best thing Obama has done as president. So it seems that I am defending Obama and you are opposing him :-)Michael Malakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007582156392845677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-55151754243669304882009-03-16T15:56:00.000-06:002009-03-16T15:56:00.000-06:00The only just war in the history of this country i...The only just war in the history of this country is the Revolutionary War, as it freed us from an Anglican theocracy.<BR/><BR/>What about Afghanistan? I, a Republican delegate, will have to turn the tables on you, a Democratic Party officer, by citing commondreams.org. (The fact is that commondreams.org is more libertarian, like myself, than it is liberal.)<BR/><BR/>http://www.commondreams.org/views01/1109-01.htm<BR/><BR/>"A Just Cause, Not a Just War"<BR/><BR/>I've long held that "war by proxy" (e.g. Contras) and "war by remote control" (e.g. Sudan aspirin factories and Kosovo) are two of the greatest evils. And to repeat the words of many politicians who have been lambasted over these words, they represent a form of cowardice.Michael Malakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007582156392845677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-11436769929289318072009-03-16T15:40:00.000-06:002009-03-16T15:40:00.000-06:00The B-52 was instrumental in the early part of the...The B-52 was instrumental in the early part of the campaign to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan. Bombers also played an important role in the war in Kosovo.<BR/><BR/>All war has moral issues associated with it, but it isn't obvious that the bombers are used a larger percentage of the time for ill purposes than, for example, ordinary firearms.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-31591763637373155112009-03-16T14:26:00.000-06:002009-03-16T14:26:00.000-06:00For conventional weapons, I've seen only morally r...For conventional weapons, I've seen only morally repugnant uses of bombers.<BR/><BR/>For nuclear weapons, "nuclear triad" is a misnomer -- the only viable nuclear platform is subs. And this country has enough nuclear subs to destroy the world over.Michael Malakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007582156392845677noreply@blogger.com