Hey guess what -- one can't be a fanboy of shiny, sexy toys like the SR-71/72 without also being a fanboy of the Drone War in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen:

Hey guess what -- one can't be a fanboy of shiny, sexy toys like the SR-71/72 without also being a fanboy of the Drone War in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen: (1) http://fair.org/take-action/action-alerts/pbs-drone-coverage-brought-to-you-by-drone-makers/ http://fair.org/take-action/action-alerts/pbs-drone-coverage... (2) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/11/companies-making-drones_n_2849569.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/11/companies-making-dr... (3) http://charliedavis.blogspot.com/2013/05/is-lockheed-martin-funding-drone-outrage.html http://charliedavis.blogspot.com/2013/05/is-lockheed-martin-... Not to mention its "gorgeous" effects on the people who committed the moral failure of being born in those countries: (4) http://www.salon.com/2012/05/29/the_face_of_collateral_damage/ http://www.salon.com/2012/05/29/the_face_of_collateral_damag... (5) http://droneswatch.org/2013/01/20/list-of-children-killed-by-drone-strikes-in-pakistan-and-yemen/ http://droneswatch.org/2013/01/20/list-of-children-killed-by... And of the serial graft, greed, & pork-o-rama that seems to make up the very DNA of its corporate parent, Lockheed Martin, of and most of its competitors as well: (6) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_bribery_scandals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_bribery_scandals (7) http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2009/06/former-lockheed-martin-engineer-calls-fraud-on-f22-stealth.html http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2009/06/former-lockheed-mar... (8) http://www.docudharma.com/diary/32340/lockheed-and-the-sequester http://www.docudharma.com/diary/32340/lockheed-and-the-seque... No secrets here -- it's just the way the industry works.