\tComme l’on sait, la Grande Guerre<\/a> est d\u00e9clar\u00e9e ; et, \u00e0 la guerre, comme l’on sait \u00e9galement, on ne part pas sans biscuits, c’est-\u00e0-dire sans les budgets cons\u00e9quents qui vont bien, du genre de ceux qu’adore le Pentagone, c’est-\u00e0-dire les budgets hors-budget, qui viennent s’ajouter au budget courant ou d\u00e9compt\u00e9s hors de ce budget, pour remboursement plus tard. Ainsi en est-il du suppl\u00e9ment que concocte l’administration Obama, avant de demander son accord au Congr\u00e8s, accord qui sera donn\u00e9 comme on met une lettre \u00e0 la poste puisqu’il s’agit de la d\u00e9fense du sol sacr\u00e9 de la patrie. Le 9 septembre 2014<\/a>, Bloomberg.News<\/em> d\u00e9taillait le projet de financement de la Grande Guerre, pour commencer :<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00abHow to pay for any offensive is still being debated. Obama in June asked Congress to approve $500 million for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels to better fight Assad. It would be part of a proposed $1.5 billion Regional Stabilization Initiative that also would aid neighboring countries Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbThe U.S. military probably can continue with the air campaign without seeking additional money from Congress for now by shifting money in its $85 billion Overseas Contingency Operations account. The Pentagon is asking Congress for permission to shift about $2 billion in its war budget, in part to pay for ramped-up operations in the Middle East, according to a Defense Department document obtained by Bloomberg News. Not all of the money shift would go directly for operations. It would include the purchase of new aircraft such as Boeing Co. Apache helicopters and Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 fighter jets.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbStan Collender, executive vice president of Qorvis MSLGroup and a former congressional budget staff member, said the defense department has been complaining of a budget squeeze. The Pentagon has been screaming about tight budgets all year and, depending on the request, will likely say it can’t be accommodated at current spending levels, Collender said. If it did otherwise, the Pentagon’s previous complaints would sound like the boy crying wolf.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tLisant ces pr\u00e9cisions sur le budget de guerre du Pentagone, Lee Fang, de The Nation<\/em>, sauta aussit\u00f4t sur la ligne o\u00f9 il est dit que budget anti-ISIS comprend notamment des cr\u00e9dits pour le F-35 (JSF). On peut, non on doit aussit\u00f4t faire l’hypoth\u00e8se qu’il s’agit de paiement de l’une ou l’autre facture(s) servant \u00e0 boucler l’une ou l’autre ligne de cr\u00e9dit suppl\u00e9mentaire, n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 par les probl\u00e8mes sans fin de cet impossible bidule, notamment les derniers ennuis de moteurs qui ne sont pas encore boucl\u00e9s … Fang \u00e9crit ainsi, le 12 septembre 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00ab…Media outlets might justify their omissions by reasoning that these pundits have merely advocated certain military strategies, not specific weapons systems, so disclosure of their financial stake in the policy need not be made. Yet the drumbeat for war has already spiraled into calls for increased military spending that lifts all boatsor non-operational jets for that matter.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbWhen the Pentagon sent a recent $2 billion request for ramped-up operations in the Middle East, supposedly to confront the ISIS issue, budget details obtained by Bloomberg News revealed that officials asked for money for additional F-35 planes. The F-35 is not in operation and would not be used against ISIS. The plane is notoriously over budget and perpetually delayedsome experts call it the most expensive weapon system in human historywith a price tag now projected to be over $1 trillion. In July, an engine fire grounded the F-35 fleet and again delayed the planned debut of the plane. How it ended up in the Pentagon’s Middle East wish list is unclear…<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t… La d\u00e9marche est unclear<\/em> mais le but l’est beaucoup moins. Il s’agit, pour le Pentagone, de faire passer des d\u00e9penses suppl\u00e9mentaires pour le JSF dans un train budg\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral (lutte contre ISIS) qui ne sera pas contest\u00e9 (d\u00e9fense du sol sacr\u00e9 de la patrie), pour \u00e9viter des questions et des intrusions embarrassantes du Congr\u00e8s. La manuvre avait \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9j\u00e0 faite, par exemple en 2007 dans un budget suppl\u00e9mentaire pour l’Irak, dans lequel avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 gliss\u00e9es des d\u00e9penses suppl\u00e9mentaires pour le F-22. La d\u00e9marche pouvait \u00eatre encore justifi\u00e9e du fait que le F-22, qui avait (et qui a toujours…) d’\u00e9normes probl\u00e8mes, \u00e9tait tout de m\u00eame op\u00e9rationnel. Comme on le sait, le JSF est au stade des essais, c’est-\u00e0-dire des seuls d\u00e9lais et probl\u00e8mes techniques sans fin, et sa mise en service op\u00e9rationnel est pour l’instant pr\u00e9vue pour 2017-2018, pr\u00e9vision \u00e9videmment tr\u00e8s optimiste, sinon compl\u00e8tement irr\u00e9aliste (voir, pour les derni\u00e8res nouvelles, le 4 juillet 2014<\/a> et m\u00eame le 2 septembre 2014<\/a>). Dans ces conditions, la d\u00e9marche du Pentagone est une premi\u00e8re dans la tromperie et la dissimulation vis-\u00e0-vis du Congr\u00e8s, et elle nous en dit indirectement fort long sur les probl\u00e8mes du JSF.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \tMis en ligne le 13 septembre 2014 \u00e0 14H54<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" L’ISIS terroris\u00e9e : le JSF arrive ! 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