Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Canada gets cold feet on F-35 file

Until today the purchase of at least 65 of Lockheed's new war planes that don't work was a done deal in Canada.

Nevermind that a host of allies and even some branches of the US military wouldn't touch the F-35 with a ten foot stick.

It's too complicated.

It's too expensive.

And it doesn't work!

Today Julian Fantino stood up in the House of Commons and used all kinds of weasel-speak to signal that we're on board, but not really.

I have to hand it to Fantino. He's been a target here for his over-the-top law-and-order campaigns. His campaign to stamp out homosexuality in London has forever put him on the negative side of the ledger among liberals and libertarians.

His street-racing initiative was even stupider. Wonder if any gay street racers got caught up in that? Heaven help them!

Anyway, he's got a partial redemption from the Falling Downs shit-list for disavowing the F-35.

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