I posted this story to the Internet few days ago.
Obama brushes off Congress on Russian helicopters for Afghan military http://www.worldtribune.com/2013/04/07/obama-brushes-off-congress-on-russian-helicopters-for-afghan-military/ When I read the above story: US to buy Russian helicopters for $690,000,000 I wondered how long have I been sleeping. I wasn't sleeping. Why would we buy Russian helicopters in stead of USA made helicopters?We are pulling our troops out of Afghanistan. We want the Afghan regime to survive in their war after we leave, but we're $17 Tril in debt. This will make it $17.69 in debt. Almost, $18T. And the Afghan govt really isn't a good friend of the USA. I read their choppers are cheaper, but I didn't read there was any open bidding. Even if it is "cheaper", buying from Russia will put $690M into their economy and not ours. I have read that their helicopter is more suitable for the Afghan terrain because it is less sophisticated. And my personal ombudsman, my younger brother who is still lives in the Chicago area, told me this: Afghan pilots have been trained in the Russian helicopters would need to be retrained to fly a US helicopter. Well, he said a lot more, but that was the jist. Does that make sense? We're pulling out of Afghanistan in a year or 2. If they need helicopters, leave a couple hundred of ours behind. That makes sense to me. Especially since odds are that the chances of the survival of the Afghan govt with the Muslim Taliban is in doubt. We or our allies may someday face these helicopters on the battlefield. POTUS is once again raidng theUS Treasury for dubious reasons. He acts like he's only interested in saving the Union. That would be the SEIU/NEA/UAW & Soviet unions. ............................. "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him --- better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford **** Your 401K Google --> Help you manage your 401K 19 trillion consumer investments office for older dodd frank Your Gun Google --> NRA memo government ap guns register Looking for a break? I found one. Sunday nights I tune in old time radio (mostly the 1940's) Twilight Zone, Marshall Dillon (starring Robert Conrad aka Cannon) Many others. Sundays only starting around 7PM http://www.wlobradio.com/index.php The Ponder By Shonda Ponder Updates daily Just visit http://www.shondaponder.com When replying to this message, plz cc: [email protected] to assure prompt reply. TEA Party Nation Top Ten Tips For Getting The Most From Your TPN Membership! http://www.teapartynation.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it any more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_qgVn-Op7Q Mrs. Richard "Peggy" Martin (1935 - 2012) http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dfw/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-irene-martin-peggy&pid=159081400&fhid=12241#fbLoggedOut http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/dfw/guestbook.aspx?n=margaret-martin&pid=159081400&sort=1 <> <> <> -- -- To join RichsRants, send email to: [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/richsrants?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RichsRants" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
