Barrett Tillman, author of What We Need: Extravagances and Shortages in America’s Military, discusses the lack of preparedness before invading Iraq, problems with M-16 rifles, the billions wasted on unwarranted equipment while troops in the field go without the very basics, the corruption of the Military-Industrial-Congressional-Complex, the unnecessary F-22 and F-35 fighters and the threat of IEDs to our soldiers in Iraq.
MP3 here. (19:17)
Barrett Tillman is the world’s most prolific U.S. naval aviation author, having published over two-dozen titles on the World War 2 period alone. He has written numerous books for Osprey in recent years including the much acclaimed Hellcat Aces of World War 2 from the Aircraft of the Aces series.
The ongoing votes of the vast majority of the federal powers-that-be are for continuing warfare at the expense of the vast majority not only of the world, but of the very citizens that these elected officials are handsomely paid to represent. Such haters.