Comments on: Gates: Air Force Lagging In War Effort

Pentagon Chief Says Getting Air Force To Send Aircraft To War Zones "Like Pulling Teeth"

[hungry1968]

"To push the issue harder, Gates said he established last week a Pentagon-wide task force "to work this problem in the weeks to come, to find more innovative and bold ways to help those whose lives are on the line."

He likened the urgency of the task force''s work to that of a similar organization he created last year to push for faster production and deployment of mine-resistant, ambush-protected armored vehicles that have been credited with saving lives of troops facing attacks by roadside bombs in Iraq."






I wonder how many Haliburton, KBR, and Northrup Grumann "consultants" are being hired for this "task force", and how many BILLIONS of dollars they''re going to charge for their "expertise"?

[hungry1968]

Whether you agree with his politics or not, I can recommend John Bolton''''s "Surrender Is Not An Option" for instructive insights into the inner workings of the U.S. Government and the United Nations. You''''ll learn why the directives of senior "management" are almost never carried out.

Posted by juwboy at 05:29 AM : Apr 22, 2008





I would read a book from "Baghdad Bob" before I read anything from John Bolton.

He''s just another Bush flunkie - why would ANYONE listen to ANYTHING this clown has to say?

[hhroams]

THE U.S. AIR FARCE!!!

GATES NEEDS TO STOP WHINING. HE IS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE , HE CAN ORDER THE AIR FORCE TO SEND THE PLANES THERE AND THAT''S IT.

BUT HE''S GOT TO WHINE LIKE DUBYA. WHEN WILL THEY LEARN WHEN YOU ARE IN CHARGE THERE IS NO ONE TO PASS THE BUCK TO.

[riptide213]

Air Force troops need leaders with true grit and steely determination to deal with real issues not focused solely on Officer Performance Reports / civilian Performance Reports.

Too many %u201CYes%u201D men and woman in charge simply posturing for crony points with the brass with clever cost cutting do more with less (troop ***) ideas that look great on spelling error free point papers or jazzy PowerPoint sales pitches.

Stop the trend of all most every CSAF making changes to the uniform; 21st Century WOT in-progress and we are worrying about new service coat and button designs linked to the historic 40%u2019s fashion era.

Stop branding the AF with your personal nuances; just because you can.

Stop nifty superficial nostalgia tricks that will cost Airman and taxpayers money!

Get out of the corporate mindset. Stop %u201Ccivilianizing%u201D. Think camouflage, not caviar.

USAF does not need more F 22 or F 35 fighters. Break the US Air Force Academy graduate molded, we are special clique fighter jock mindset!

Stop having temper tantrums and get serious about genuine combat needs like UAVs which support in the dirt combat, but kept getting sidelined my AF leadership bias toward fancy fighters with double bells and whistles. $50M tax dollars for a shady USAF Thunderbird advertising contract! Please someone get a rope %u2026every %u201Cyes%u201D man and woman within boot licking distance of that wartime operational decision needs to go now!

[juwboy]

Winstrv said:

"If the people who work for you are not doing what you want them to do, FIRE THEM".

Whether you agree with his politics or not, I can recommend John Bolton''s "Surrender Is Not An Option" for instructive insights into the inner workings of the U.S. Government and the United Nations. You''ll learn why the directives of senior "management" are almost never carried out.

[michael8522-2009]

A very very very long time ago when I was an Air Force SSgt with a line # for TSgt I was selected for the NCO Academy. Back then, only 20% of TSgt & MSgt ever got to go. In one lecture the SEA, CMSgt of Militry Airlift Command spoke to us and related that Leadership and Management were "synonyms". I stood up and told him I thought he was very very wrong. To this day I belive that 75% of Air Force Officers and Senior NCOs think those two words are synonyms and thats whats wrong with the Air Force today.

[brianbwb-2009]

Seeing as how the entire campaign began as a result of deliberate lies, and is therefore illegal, it is only proper and correct that the USAF should be reluctant to share in the bloodshed.

[marcosis78]

EXACTLY!!

[inventagod]

This gang of clowns is rotten from the top to the bottom.
This is just a bunch of good-ol-boys sucking the treasury dry.
Not one hero, not one leader among them.
Republicons suck.

[ranger1948]

If gates is unhappy with how the Air force is doing something, he should get off his ***, out of his air conditioned office and go do something about it. Bad mouthing the Air Force in public is the same as a boss chewing out an employee in front of coworkers, strictly unproductive.