Finally, some good news...

[unhappycamper]

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F-35 to LCS at Risk Says Panetta

Such massive cuts would likely kill programs such as the JSF, the Littoral Combat Ship, major space efforts, Army chopper modernization plans, ICBMs, ground combat vehicle modernization, and see the next generation bomber cancelled and possibly restarted sometime in the 2020s, according to a pair of letters (below) that Panetta sent to Sens. John McCain (R-Az) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) yesterday.

[HopeHoops]

1. The one thing I'll always approve of is shielding the hell out of ground vehicles.

It's disgusting that the shrub put our troops in the predicament they're currently in, but doing it without adequate defenses is seriously unthinkable. Curiously, I don't recall anyone accusing the shrub of thinking.