- We need 65 F-35's like we need a $16 billion dollar and counting hole in the fiscal well-being of Canada.

Submitted: 7:29am, PST, 28 Jan.'11 CVBC News
F-35s, Afghanistan dominate defence talks, January 27, 2011, CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2011/01/27/mackay-gates-f35.html

Gates "my hope is, for all of our sakes, our partners continue to move forward with us on this program."

Oh, that's what he said.

I though Gates said:

"Our partners are needed, obviously, because the more quantity you buy, the price-per-copy will drop,"

Well, that doesn't square.

Either we need the 65 F-35's in order to save the US some money or we need it for our country's security, now which is it Mr. Gates.

Oh and by the way, did I mention you simply cannot take anything Peter MacKay says at face value as he has demonstrated time and time again.

"We need this aircraft," like we need a $16 billion dollar and counting hole in the fiscal well-being of Canada.

Reality check - the reasons Gates, and the US military-industrial complex is so concerned about the F-35's is all their trouble. They simply are not measuring up to all the hype about their 'eye-watering technology' (which only God, and Peter MacKay, knows why in the world Canada would need that anyway) - although they are more than meeting the projected 'eye-watering' costs.

And as far as job creation: If the $16 billion stays in Canada, 100% goes to job creation, in Canada, as opposed to buying the 65 F-35's and being throw a few crumbs here and there, if we're lucky, with most of the $16 billion going to creating jobs in the US.

Lloyd MacILquham cicblog.com/comments.html