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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by wavefunction on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @11:26AM (#15239150)
When you have someone like Senator John McCain claim that "we can tell the bad guys from the good guys" while being photographed on his photo op tour of Syria with known mass murderers of civilians, you had to know these folks don't know what they're talking about.
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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by mixmastamyk on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @12:49PM (#15240079)
We understand that bureaucrats and their institutions are quite inept when tasked with delivering the mail, for example. But they often get a pass with international relations.

Might be the bikeshed effect in action.

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