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Originally Posted by Shipwreck
The depth of your ignorance is unfathomable. 
Lehman (spit, puke, gag  ) wasn't there for the fight because he left in April 1987.
I know when he left. Lehman had fought plenty, more than you are aware of apparently.
Aka Lehman (spit, puke, gag ) tossed down the gauntlet, didn't stick around for the fight, dropped his pants, chickened out, etc, etc, etc... exactly when the request for CVN-74 & -75 came under fire in Congress.
They were going to get approved regardless. "Chickened out", more nonsense
Gotta catch the plane and will be gone for weeks. Enjoy the tranquility.  |
I will quote myself yet again, you are the one being ignorant
"If we would have left things the way the Carter administration was headed we would be building smaller non nuke CVV's instead of the Nimitz CVN's of which there were many critics. (first one commissioned by Ford). That was stopped by Reagan, Cap, and Lehman. Lehman played a major role in getting the money approved by congress for long lead items such as the carriers. 1979 was when it was implemented in the final defense bill. Carter was infuriated with the Nimitz Carriers and vetoed the entire defense bill to kill the aircraft carrier. John Lehman fought diligently to kill the CVV and replace it with more Nimitz carriers. He was successful and we can thank him and others like Senator Jackson and Senator Tower for the continuation of the Nimitz class carriers."
The man fought, and there is no way around it. Yeah, Lehman oh so "chickened out". You are simply ignoring all of the contributions the man made, and how he revolutionized the contracting policy of the Navy as well.
If it weren't for Lehman, the contracting woes 30 years prior to the 80's, and the ones we are currently facing would have still been around. Are you angry like the rest who were trying to rob from and get over on our Navy and were unable to thanks to Lehman? The ones who were out to deliberately rob from the Navy hated Lehman. The ridiculous claims against the Navy as already explained in an earlier post would have still been going on during that time if it was not for Lehman.
Have fun on your trip Shipwreck
Take it easy all,
SteaminDemon