Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [OT] Bell Canada - service vs. abuse Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 02:01:57 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 36 Message-ID: <100okul$3oppn$1@dont-email.me> References: <100nj4b$3hf47$1@dont-email.me> <100o227$3l9hv$1@dont-email.me> <100o8k2$3k88m$8@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 04:01:58 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5e6b3b6d117818c06125aa36be175c96"; logging-data="3958583"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+bfLv121x6r4R1qoGOidMB" User-Agent: Usenapp/0.92.2/l for MacOS Cancel-Lock: sha1:Z5e72KAFy0pxAWJ8Ne9pOzyCW/I= On May 22, 2025 at 5:26:23 PM PDT, "shawn" wrote: > On Thu, 22 May 2025 18:31:29 -0400, Rhino > wrote: > >> I *think* they are gradually >> getting replaced but I'm not positive. We recently agreed to replace the >> pistols that were available to our soldiers: they were made in the >> 1930s!! The need for newer pistols was blindingly obvious a LONG time >> ago but our government (regardless of which party was in power) ALWAYS >> finds money for the military last (if they find money at all). Our >> current jet fighters are F-18s which are 40 years old and they're being >> held together (figuratively) with spit and bailer twine. The >> Conservatives, when they were last in power, agreed to buy a bunch of >> F-35s but as soon as the Liberals got in, they decided to revisit the >> decision, then spend almost 10 fucking years hemming and hawing before >> finally deciding to buy F-35s anyway. Now Carney is talking about >> pausing that order after all and going with a European fighter, just >> because Trump. (We've committed to buying a handful of F-35s but they're >> talking about taking the rest of the order away from the US and giving >> it to the Eurofighter people which would be extra, extra stupid because >> then we'd have a handful of F-35s and then a bunch of the Eurofighters >> causing all kinds of complications in terms of basing, maintenance, >> training, etc. etc. But the Liberals are nothing if not stupid so I'm >> ready for anything.) But I digress.... > > I think you fail to see the obvious answer. If your country were truly > to move away from the F-35 then there's no reason to keep them. Just > sell them to another country that is using the fighters. I'm sure > there will be many willing buyers. Weapons sales tend to come with a "you can't sell this stuff to anyone else" clause in the contract. We only want those things going to certain countries.