There was an excellent article about Gates in Time Magazine a few months ago. I agreed with everything he said.
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > We should be prioritizing technology for people on the ground in harm's way, > IMHO. The MRAP has demonstrated its worth, as Bruce has blogged about, and > that's a very cheap piece of technology in military terms. What else can we > do for the guys on the ground and in close air support? Better armor and > defensive systems for choppers, for instance, if that's possible. > > At the same time, we can't operate in places like Iraq and Afghanistan > without superiority in space, air, and seas. Time for hard budget decisions. > > Opinions? > > http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/03/17/gates_readies_big_cuts_in_weapons/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292108 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
