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Old 08-08-2003, 03:42 PM   #7
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I have had a few published,but nothing recent.

Last ones were on the subject of leasing F16 fighters from the U.S.Our beloved government decided that our recently-overhaled A4 Skyhawk fleet needed replacing with leased F16s.Not only were they faster,with longer range,they could carry a much larger weapons load.

So why,I asked did we need 24 of them to replace 16 planes if they could do the job so much better?

My second letter on the subject was a satirical parody of the leasing option,set in a Herz rental office.Our prime minister was having difficulty hiring some planes with which to attack Australia............


My letters were devastatingly effective. Within a year,the gung ho gunlovers were out of power and a jolly nice centre left government was in place.The F16's never arrived,the money went to the Army for troop carriers,and the Navy,for patrol vessels.


We'll rely on Australia for air cover,they wouldn't let us get attacked because we'd all turn up there as refugees.
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