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The slippery slope... and Sailors at Risk at Sea!

By The Armorer on December 1, 2010 | | Comments (14)
The real reason AF fighter jocks are worried about being diverted to fly UAVs... it's just the first step on a slippery cost-saving slope as Reid and Pelosi seek ways to fund their dreams. f16.jpg
Blithely swiped by JMH from Theospark.

In other news, Julian Assange gets a two-fer for Wikileaks with this photograph - which clearly shows both young sailors at Risk, *and* proof positive that the US military is planning for World Domination.

PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 25, 2010) Electronics Technician 3rd Class Jonathan Harris, left, Electronics Technician Jermy Turner and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Ezra Brabham play a game of Risk during family style night hosted by the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) morale, welfare and recreation department. George Washington is on a scheduled patrol in the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman William P. Gatlin)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 25, 2010) Electronics Technician 3rd Class Jonathan Harris, left, Electronics Technician Jermy Turner and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Ezra Brabham play a game of Risk during family style night hosted by the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) morale, welfare and recreation department. George Washington is on a scheduled patrol in the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman William P. Gatlin)
 

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By BillT on December 1, 2010 9:34 AM
Geez, even the Thunderbirds have been downsized...
 
By Mark Matis on December 1, 2010 9:45 AM
Reminds me of NASA's "better, faster, cheaper" under Dan Goldin in the Clinton administration.  Of course, the correct ending to that was "pick any two of the three."
 
By Justthisguy on December 1, 2010 10:12 AM
Well, the rape charge against Assange seems trumped up, because he annoyed some important people.

The latest leaks do seem  to confirm everybody's suspicions about what everybody thinks about everybody else.

  I think Mr. Assange might be a bit shy about going after the Russkies, though.  Those guys play hardball.  "A little Polonium 210 in yer coffee, Julian?"
 
By Annabelle on December 1, 2010 10:17 AM
If Assange didn't have anything to do with attacking or raping a woman, why is he in hiding? 
 
By Skip on December 1, 2010 4:37 PM
'Cause he pissed off Hills?
 
By Mark Matis on December 1, 2010 4:57 PM
But Skip:

He's been in hiding since WAY before then.
 
By RetRsvMike on December 1, 2010 7:10 PM
typical squids, not one of them has seized Australia and bunkered up Indonesia!!
 
By Quartermaster on December 1, 2010 8:13 PM
But, Bill, it's better than what happened to the Silver Eagles back in the 70s.
 
By Saker on December 1, 2010 10:04 PM
It seems to me that the gentleman in the lead...erm...plane? bears a resemblance to Bill. But that might just be me and my tequila-addled memory. :D


 
By BillT on December 2, 2010 2:19 AM
Nah. My mustache is lighter.

And I'm more intimidating...
 
By allen on December 2, 2010 4:57 PM
I've seen a similar "plane" to those F-16's made to look like an F-111

I think they still have it at Pease in NH and pull it out for airshows.
 
By Baroness Ophelia Kensington-Gore on December 3, 2010 11:49 AM
Bill's mustache is also MUCH NICER :o)
 
By John of Argghhh! on December 3, 2010 1:31 PM
The Baroness is *such* a groupie...
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on December 3, 2010 3:44 PM
 ... intimidating ... intimating ... imitating ... intitulating ... just words:
www.youtube.com/watch

Cheers