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Last week, the new head of the House Armed Services Committee, Representative Adam Smith, said in an interview that the F-35 fighter jet was a “rathole” draining money. He said the Pentagon should consider whether to “cut its losses.” That promptly set off another round of groaning about the most expensive weapon system ever built, and questions about whether it should — or could — be scrapped.
The F-35 is a boondoggle. Yet we’re stuck with it.
Goal: Divest from war and stop accepting campaign contributions from weapon manufacturers. Last year more than $350 billion allocated to the Pentagon went straight to military contractors. Meanwhile, the U.S working class struggles to survive the pandemic with minimal government support. Congress had an opportunity to cut the Pentagon’s budget by 10%. Representatives who voted “no” on this amendment received 3.4x more in campaign contributions from weapon manufacturers, one such representative was Rep. Adam Smith (WA). So long as the votes of our representatives are purchasable to the...
Senior Democrats appear willing to exempt Lloyd J. Austin III, a retired four-star general, from a law meant to protect civilian control of the military.