How stupid America must seem to be to the rest of the intelligent people in the World...

[Osiris88]

On Mar 25, 1:18 pm, "littleoleme" <I...@fwia.com> wrote:
> The U.S. Air Force mistakenly shipped fuses that are used in nuclear weapons
> to Taiwan in 2006, believing the crates contained helicopter batteries,
> officials at the Pentagon announced this morning.
> The error -- undetected by the United States until last week, despite
> repeated inquiries by Taiwan -- raises questions about how carefully the
> Pentagon safeguards its weapons systems. It also exposes the United States
> to criticism from China, a staunch opponent of a militarized Taiwan.
> Pentagon officials said Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has launched a
> full investigation. The devices -- which, when attached to a missile, help
> launch the detonating process -- have been returned to the United States,
> and President Bush has been briefed.
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> How the F### do you mistake a fuse for a battery? It took them TWO YEARS to
> figure it out??? AND they sent them to Taiwan?!?!
> I bet Mainland China LOVED that last one.
> Let's see, we mistakenly load a bunch of nukes on a plane and send them off
> across the US, and we cannot keep track of other nuclear missile components
> either.
>
> Host.

Yet another example of the wheels coming off of the wagon.

 

[littleoleme]

The U.S. Air Force mistakenly shipped fuses that are used in nuclear weapons
to Taiwan in 2006, believing the crates contained helicopter batteries,
officials at the Pentagon announced this morning.
The error -- undetected by the United States until last week, despite
repeated inquiries by Taiwan -- raises questions about how carefully the
Pentagon safeguards its weapons systems. It also exposes the United States
to criticism from China, a staunch opponent of a militarized Taiwan.
Pentagon officials said Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has launched a
full investigation. The devices -- which, when attached to a missile, help
launch the detonating process -- have been returned to the United States,
and President Bush has been briefed.
-------------------------------------------------------------
How the F### do you mistake a fuse for a battery? It took them TWO YEARS to
figure it out??? AND they sent them to Taiwan?!?!
I bet Mainland China LOVED that last one.
Let's see, we mistakenly load a bunch of nukes on a plane and send them off
across the US, and we cannot keep track of other nuclear missile components
either.

Host.

 

[SgtMinor]

littleoleme wrote:
> The U.S. Air Force mistakenly shipped fuses that are used in nuclear weapons
> to Taiwan in 2006, believing the crates contained helicopter batteries,
> officials at the Pentagon announced this morning.
> The error -- undetected by the United States until last week, despite
> repeated inquiries by Taiwan -- raises questions about how carefully the
> Pentagon safeguards its weapons systems. It also exposes the United States
> to criticism from China, a staunch opponent of a militarized Taiwan.
> Pentagon officials said Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has launched a
> full investigation. The devices -- which, when attached to a missile, help
> launch the detonating process -- have been returned to the United States,
> and President Bush has been briefed.
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> How the F### do you mistake a fuse for a battery? It took them TWO YEARS to
> figure it out??? AND they sent them to Taiwan?!?!
> I bet Mainland China LOVED that last one.
> Let's see, we mistakenly load a bunch of nukes on a plane and send them off
> across the US, and we cannot keep track of other nuclear missile components
> either.
>
> Host.
>
>

We shouldn't expect much from Pentagon record keeping. All figures are
kept on a yellow pad in a general's desk. To wit:

"Rumsfeld Sept 10, 2001: The Pentagon cannot account for $2.3 TRILLION"

CBS NEWS: The War on Waste

Watch the CBS News Video here

Download video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj1r...iots/news/national/pentagon_missing_trillions

On Sept. 10, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld declared war. Not on
foreign terrorists, "the adversary's closer to home. It's the Pentagon
bureaucracy," he said.

He said money wasted by the military poses a serious threat.

"In fact, it could be said it's a matter of life and death," he said.

Rumsfeld promised change but the next day

 

[HarryNadds]

On Mar 25, 1:18