Russian Helicopters for sale...
Does anyone remember Barack Obama's great promise of the campaign of 2012? He did not make a promise to America nor to the American people. He did not make a promise to fellow politicians. Unlike so many of his promises, he is keeping this one. His promise was to Vladimir Putin of Russia. What is Obama doing to keep his promise to Putin?
Everyone remember the hot mike incident in 2012 when Barack Obama pleaded with Russian President Dmitri Medvedyev to give him time until the election. After the election, he promised Vladimir Putin, through Medvedyev, he would be more "flexible." Now we have seen this flexibility.
Barack Obama is going to spend almost $700 million dollars of taxpayer money to buy Russian helicopters for the Afghan Air Force.
But wait. Just like those TV commercials, it gets better.
When this worthless congress passed the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, it had an interesting provision. It included, as a part of the law a prohibition on the United States buying helicopters from Rosoboronexport, the Russian manufacturer of the Mi-17 helicopter.
Unfortunately as always happens, when such laws are passed, congress gave the Regime an escape hatch. The law stated Obama could buy from Rosoboronexport IF the Secretary of Defense certified it was in the interest of National Security. And of course, the Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel , a statist committed to destroying the US military immediately signed off on a certification. Where do we even start with this one?
And as always, the worthless congress is now outraged over a bill it passed (but did not read) and now we have these demagogues (that would be Senators and Representatives from both parties) scrambling in CYA mode.
Of course, this was congress' fault allowing a law to be written with such an escape hatch and authorizing the expenditure of money we simply don't have. More importantly, Americans need to be asking just what is the Obama Regime up to? Why are we spending $700 million dollars with a Russian arms manufacturer? Why are we even giving the Afghans these helicopters?
If we are going to give Afghans helicopters, which we really shouldn't, then why not give them American helicopters that would put Americans to work?
If we are going to give the Afghans Russian helicopters, the ones we are giving them are an old Cold War version. There are hundreds of used MI-17 helicopters floating around the world arms market. Why not purchase them instead of paying to give them brand new helicopters?
In the era of the Sequester, isn't there something better we can do with $700 million?
1. American Medicare cancer patients are being turned away from hospitals and are being denied life saving treatment because of budget cuts (based on congress' socialist model of rationing health services).
2. The American military is being gutted to the point of ineffectiveness because of budget cuts.
3. The United States Air Force is grounding 17 squadrons because of $591 million dollars in budget cuts. The United States Air Force is not able to do its mission because it lacks the money to fly but we have the money to give Afghanistan $700 million dollars in Russian helicopters.
And this is where Barack Obama thinks we should spend our money? Most people reading this story will not have heard about it. Why?
Because the drive-bys are moving in lock step to make sure there is no bad news that might damage their dear leader - the SOTC. This is a story that should damage him and outrage every American.
The only way we will ever stop Obama is if the American people know what he is doing. The well - informed citizen is key to a vigorous, healthy republic, the uninformed citizen is lynch-pin to tyranny.
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Disclaimer: The views, opinions and ideas are those of the Southern Agrarian and do not represent those of any other organization. I usually think about this stuff when I am plowing, planting, harvesting, hedging, praying (yes infidel - God speaks to me like he will to you, if only you will let him in your heart), or suffering from a lack of sleep. ...torture me, kill me but just don’t bore me with your left-wing tripe. Semper Fidelis.
