tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21894908.post5784116314037733231..comments2023-11-01T02:19:14.796-05:00Comments on Elements Of Power: John Q. Public Making Up F-35 StuffSMSgt Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08126690689798203866noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21894908.post-49349480289126316492015-03-18T21:00:00.828-05:002015-03-18T21:00:00.828-05:00Well Hello,
I wanted to post this at your place bu...Well Hello,<br />I wanted to post this at your place but I do not support or trust DISQUS, and believe it is most certainly designed to give pre-emptive control over certain conversations and prevent others from ever happening. Don't mind posting as a guest if the option is there, but it wasn't. <br />I'll take your word for it about your veracity, so that eliminates it as a factor from the litany of possible explanations. That leaves the 'pilot' as the 'problem'. <br />My josh wager in my post stands about my 'guess'. I'm content to let the real history that I know to unfold (if it ever does) rather than buy into the POGO Faux Reform party line.<br />I actually was just talking about this at F-16.net, and will amend my post to add some of what I posted there. SMSgt Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126690689798203866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21894908.post-61346581208739295702015-03-18T18:15:31.868-05:002015-03-18T18:15:31.868-05:00Edit: by "on the record" I meant without...Edit: by "on the record" I meant without anonymity. The comments in the article were for the record, but they were conditional. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601090465037165398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21894908.post-20232006200652496612015-03-18T18:14:05.746-05:002015-03-18T18:14:05.746-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601090465037165398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21894908.post-86847434621021636242015-03-18T18:12:23.564-05:002015-03-18T18:12:23.564-05:00Hi. Tony Carr here. Thanks for reading the article...Hi. Tony Carr here. Thanks for reading the article. I find your issues with it interesting, most of all your choice to handle your fundamental misapprehension of "anonymity upon anonymity" as an "update" rather than a wholesale reframing of your central point, which seems to be that my journalistic integrity is especially suspect because of compound anonymity. <br /><br />Here's the thing, boss: I don't tell lies. I slap my name on everything I write and I stand by every word. I'm a retired airman, a law student, a business owner, a consultant, and a father of two kids who read things on the internet. I'd never risk my honor or reputation by "making sh*t up" as you suggest, and I take exception to you making the charge anonymously. Many who disagree with my opinions have questioned my credibility. None have been proven justified in doing so. Most at least have the decency to attach their names to such ad hominem jabs. You went another way.<br /><br />As to your contention about the F-35, we'll see what comes out of it. Have you read the DOT&E report? You should. It contravenes what you're saying. <br /><br />As much as I'd love to get a pilot on the record (because contrary to your speculation, the quotes in the article come from a currently-assigned F-35 pilot who was reacting to the POGO article), you can't get an F-35 pilot on the record saying anything even mildly negative. Can't imagine why.<br /><br />Thanks for engaging. I like a good banter. Would it be nice if you shared your thoughts where the blog is published? Undoubtedly. But I appreciate your reading it nonetheless.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601090465037165398noreply@blogger.com