<p>For much better photos of this very same aircraft in Australia in March 2007, see: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.myaviation.net/search/search.php?&amp;view=&amp;where=MSA9IDEgQU5EIHJlZ25yPScwNS01MTUwJyA">www.myaviation.net/search/search.php?&amp;view=&amp;where...</a>
</p><p>Can anyone explain why it isn't a complete and utter waste of fossil fuels (not to mention human know-how, planning, brainpower, etc.) to fly this aircraft from its base in Hawaii to an Australia airshow, and then over Rockville MD ... and all in the same six-month period?
</p><p>Could it be because our military is <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/NelsonMintpl.cfm?CurrentId=6212">working for the corporations that supply it and our Australian allies?</a>
</p><p>Meanwhile, how many more billions can we expect our brain-damaged-in-chief to want for Iraq this month, while the Senate votes <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2007/09/07/news/news01.txt">$109.2 billion for  military construction</a> last week, including over $31 million dollars for a maintenance garage in Arkansas?! 
</p><p>Christ, grow some f-ing backbone, Congress! 
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Keep in mind: that we recognize we are being fleeced by the military-industrial-oil complex doesn't mean you should assume we are sheep.
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