Chasm of Defense Funds

From the Washington Post:


Government auditors issued a scathing review yesterday of dozens of the Pentagon's biggest weapons systems, saying ships, aircraft and satellites are billions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule.

The Government Accountability Office found that 95 major systems have exceeded their original budgets by a total of $295 billion, bringing their total cost to $1.6 trillion, and are delivered almost two years late on average. In addition, none of the systems that the GAO looked at had met all of the standards for best management practices during their development stages

That says it all. But I will elucidate. I'm guessing that none of these systems have anything to do with embedded human intelligence amongst terrorist organizations or preventing loose nukes from former SSR's, but rather they are designed to fight another cold war against China that will line the pockets of Lockheed while doing nothing against our real enemy. Our military budget is a scandal within a scandal. Eisenhower is rolling over in his grave.