Irrelevant commentary.

Since the requested mods were asked for in 2011 the F-35 is less than a year behind schedule, if it hadn’t changed requirements and slowed production due to the sequester it would have been ready years ago. Not Lockheed’s fault.

Lol.... if Russia wanted Ukraine, it could take it in a month.

Oh FFS, that was his personal opinion, not fact. The Carter was named by the Clinton administration, because Carter was a Submariner. No Republicans involved, so settle on down and lets get some facts on recent ship naming straight.

Terrell,

The Kursk is quieter.

It didn’t veer off course towards America.

The sensationalism surrounding this incident is just incredible to me. Yes, this is a serious incident, but only for the fact that it calls into question the reliability of the Trident missile system as employed by Great Britain. All of this “potential to kill millions” fluff is annoying.

I can certainly be faulted for painting you with a broad brush without supporting evidence. Hopefully you understand that my observation was directed towards the larger community of ‘journalists’ you have joined.

Thanks, Terrell. I’m generally in favor of strong defense, as the alternative usually costs more in the long run (and I don’t believe in cutting ties at all). But I have to question why you think that wealthy European countries can’t afford to pay their own way. I’m talking about a percentage of GDP, not overall…

As this article seems to be largely an attempt at defending the past administrations policy and damning the one that started 1 hour ago, I will only point out that, even as such, it is poorly thought out. One can basically stop reading after this early sentence “His coordinated efforts with the European Union to…

Terrell, first off, welcome to FA and thanks for your first article. I mostly enjoyed this, but I do have a few criticisms that I hope you’ll consider for future postings:

It is not about alienating Russia, actually. Putin has shown a clear disdain for international norms, such as invading Ukraine, menacing the Baltics and Poland. It would be one thing if Putin wanted to respect their neighbors’ autonomy, but they do not.

Whatever it is, arresting the decline in force structure & capability seen from the previous administration has to be a priority.

What a bunch of contrived dribble.

Do you not see the irony of your reaction?

So tolerant!

Do you plan on falling in line with the other Gawker Company ‘journalists’ and use your platform to force-feed liberal views to the readership? To discredit and ridicule any conservative viewpoints, and aggressively mock any position that could be considered as such? Asking for a friend.