The Largest and most Expensive Military in the World Cannot Win a War, and Refused to Defend our Legislative Branch on January 6
The annual budget for the Pentagon is nearing one trillion
dollars. The first time I wrote this number, I was appalled. $1,000,000,000,000.
That is 1,000 billion dollars. No working man could possibly imagine how much
money that is. The truth is one-half of their annual budget is wasted,
according to a non-profit watchdog organization.
A couple examples of our military’s fiscal failures.
I researched the F-35 fighter a number of years ago. The
project was approved in 1995. Testing was completed in 2021. It was approved
for mass production, although I cannot find any information about where or if
it is in full production in 2025.
[The average flyaway cost of an F-35A (the conventional
takeoff and landing variant) is around $82.5 million. The F-35B (vertical
takeoff and landing) has an average flyaway cost of $109 million, and the F-35C
(carrier-launched) is priced at $102.1 million. These prices are for production
lots 15-17, which were delivered in 2023, 2024, and 2025.]
The F-35 is the most expensive project in military history,
by far. Information I couldn’t find today, but reported several years ago,
revealed its high probability of failure in actual combat.
In simulated “dog fights,” the F-18 greatly outperformed the
F-35. Based on the complicated electronics of the F-35, one helmet for one
pilot costs about $400,000. If you read the attached article, you will be
forced to laugh at the ridiculous const increases included in the F-35 project.
One more fact. Production of the Bradley Tank is complete,
The cost of each vehicle is about 3.2 million dollars. The army currently uses
about 3,700, mostly for training purposes. About 2,800 are in storage somewhere
in Northern California. The most interesting fact is that no tanks were used in
combat in our nation’s last three wars: Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan.
Now for the sad truth the military, our government, nor the
mainstream media will tell you.
The military forces of the United States of America are the
largest and most expensive in the world. Our government authorizes five times
more funding than all other nations combined. All that might, all that power,
and the fact is, our military leadership lost every war since WWII. This
includes the three already mentioned and the “conflict in Korea,” which
technically remains undecided and unfinished.
As I watched the attempted coup on January 6, 2021, I was
appalled. My wife and I watched a sitting president order his Nazi supporters
to march to the Capitol and halt the current proceedings: the certification of
the Electoral College Vote. Trump gave them additional instructions to find
Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi. A gallows was constructed outside of the building.
They would apparently be used to take the lives of the Vice-President and
Speaker of the House.
As I watched the violence for the next three hours, one question
came immediately and a second when the network ceased its broadcast.
First, I thought; “where is our military?” Our government
was under attack by domestic terrorists and they sat on their fat asses as our
legislators feared for their lives. Second, I knew I was watching acts of
treason: there was no other word. Every man and woman involved should have been
taken into custody immediately with the assistance of the Army of the United States
of America and tried for their crimes against America. Nothing happened, and
thanks to your Nazi dictator, those who were prosecuted for lesser crimes, are
free to unite in another takeover of our government and the end of the dream.
November 6, 2021 will
be remembered by legitimate historians as the darkest day in American history.
Personally, I remain angry and nauseated by the failure of
our nation’s leaders to do the right thing. I am especially disgusted with our
military leaders who have become so politicized they have lost the respect and
trust of all real Americans.
Op-ed by James Turnage
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