Reply to post: Re: A boondoggle through and through and now ejection seats are also a problem?

Re: A boondoggle through and through and now ejection seats are also a problem?

<quote>Now, there's only two conclusions at this point: Either the Pentagon are really, really, really stupid. Or they did know all of this, and they entered into the project knowing that it would be a country-bankrupting disaster, but simply not caring, because the US taxpayer would have to bail them out and buy them their toys, even though they also knew those toys wouldn't work properly, and there was no military threat to justify them.</quote>

Sorry, but no cigar. You forgot the third, and most likely:

The Military-Industrial Complex was in dire need of Government Pork, and roped in bought and paid for Congress Critters to fund that Pork Roast at taxpayer expense, allowing those same Congress Critters to bleat about bringing home the bacon (aka JOBS) to their Congressional district to insure their re-election.

One hand washes another. It has been that way since the 1940's (WW II) Eisenhower warned us about it in a speech back in the early 1960's. Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%E2%80%93industrial_complex

From the linked article, the """money""" part of his speech:

This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — economic, political, even spiritual — is felt in every city, every statehouse, every office of the federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military–industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper together.

The second emphasized sentence is telling if you take post 9/11 events into consideration, and remember, he gave this speech in 1961, FIFTY YEARS BEFORE 9/11