Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Canadian military throws more money at US crap that may never work

So keen are the Harper Conservatives to score brownie points in Washington that they've just signed onto another pie-in-the-sky high-tech program. This time it's Boeing's Wideband Global Satellite System, which has been promising to revolutionize military communications for the last fifteen years.

As is often the case with these Pentagon fantasy projects, the WGSS is at this point about ten years behind schedule and 300% over the original budget. Oh, and it's nowhere near ready to go either. That's the kind of project the Canadian taxpayer loves, Mr. Harper! It's not as if we have anything more important to do with the money.

The last boondoggle was the fabled F-35 Strike Fighter. Canada is on the hook for at least 9 billion worth of this puppy, and when I say puppy I mean dog. The truth about the F-35 is that not even the American's want it. It's the Lockheed Martin lobby buying off the politicians who then force it on the Air Force. Those in the know who haven't succumbed to the Lockhheed lobby believe the F-16 is a better machine at a fraction of the price.

That won't slow down these intrepid Canadians though. There is nothing more important to the law and order folks in Ottawa than being liked in Washington.

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