I worked within the Department of Defense for some 45 years, on both sides of the fence.
Initially, as a government engineer/analyst/manager and later as a defense contractor. I understand the Materiel Acquisition Process, and I'm not going to bore the casual reader with all those steps.
Boiling it down to the simplest steps, before you buy a weapon, you have to prove that you NEED it. Needing it is borne from an Operational Concept, which is backed up with tons of Operational Research Scenarios, which are run on countless computers, to shake out all the "what-if's"
At this point, the Barn Burners will roll their eyes and say, SEE?
Balderdash.
Imagine, if you will, the unlikely scenario where Canada attacks the U.S...
Think about it. Canadian forces, taking advantage of the total surprise of the situation, advances, say, 55 miles into the Northwestern part of the U.S. Because of the surprise factor, there are few, if any casualties.
The Canadians stop and sue for peace.
Americans, after capitulating, will scream, "HOW THE HELL DID THIS HAPPEN?"
It's necessary to keep our wartime planners always on their toes, and thinking about every, EVERY contingency.
Look what's at stake.
The U.S. Training and Doctrine Command runs countless scenarios like this day after day.
To prepare for the eventuality that the unthinkable happens.
John Kerry would doubtless say, "Duh-uh...I never thought of that."
What do you thing the American people's reply would be?
Mine would be, "WHAT THE H*** DO YOU THINK WE'RE PAYING YOU FOR, YOU IDIOT?"
So. Calming down. Face the fact that there is a contingency plan for every conceivable situation.
The Mainstream Media know this. Either that or they're incompetent, or dishonest, or both.
For some second-hand hack to jump on a true, but not honest story that "THE US HAS PLANS TO ATTACK FRANCE!" is worse than misleading...it's DISHONEST.
These sewer rats make money with this, to hell with its ultimate effect on the country, on society, on the world.
They are modern day Judases, and should be banned, in the worse sense of the word.
They are NOT friends of America, in any sense of the word.