Center for Security Policy: Controversies
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V-22 Osprey Backing
The Center for Security Policy maintains that its slogan of "Peace through Strength" refers to for world peace through all manner of means and is not just a byword for military power. But journalist Jason Vest argues that Gaffney and CSP's prescriptions for national security have been fairly simple: Gut all arms control treaties, push ahead with weapons and military systems virtually everyone agrees should be killed (such as the V-22 Osprey helicopter), give no quarter to the Palestinians and, most important, go full-steam ahead on just about every national missile defense program.[1]
The CSP, and Gaffney in particular, are outspoken supporters of weapons systems made by companies such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Boeing, which for their part are prominent donors to the CSP cause, according to an Arms Trade Resource Center report.[2]
In the case of the V-22 Osprey, an armed forces helicopter manufactured by Boeing, Gaffney gave it his unwavering support despite several notable accidents proving the V-22 not to be 100% reliable for the United States servicemen and women aboard. Despite these accidents where several V-22s fell from the skies, Frank Gaffney spoke out in 2001 in support of this system saying, “The V-22 was named for the osprey to recognize their shared and extraordinary aerodynamic abilities.”[3]
In a separate press article, in answer to the interviewer's question, "Is the V-22 Osprey aircraft a must-buy for the United States?", Gaffney replied, "Yes: The combat performance and mission flexibility the Osprey offers are unequaled."[4]
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- ↑ Jason Vest, The Men From JINSA and CSP, The Nation, 15 Aug 2002, accessed 25 Aug 2007
- ↑ William D. Hartung and Jonathan Reingold, About Face: The Role of the Arms Lobby In the Bush Administration's Radical Reversal of Two Decades of U.S. Nuclear Policy, Arms Trade Resource Center, May 2002, accessed 26 Aug 2009
- ↑ Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., The Osprey as Phoenix, WorldNet Daily Commentary, 23 January 2001, accessed 26 Aug 2009
- ↑ Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., Christopher Hellman, Insight on the News, BNet UK, 26th February 2001, accessed 26 Aug 2009
