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Re:Palantir Wins $876M U.S. Army Contract by jcranmer on Sunday March 11, 2018 @02:33PM (#16564158)
Funny you should say that, because the last time the US crossed an ocean to steal resources was, uh... never.

The only US wars that are strongly arguably stealing resources would be the various banana wars (but the Gulf of Mexico isn't exactly an ocean), the Spanish-American War (ditto; note that the US never set out on the war to conquer the Philippines, the US Navy just happened to be in the area at the time), and the Indian Wars.

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Re:Palantir Wins $876M U.S. Army Contract by tomcooks on Monday March 12, 2018 @09:32AM (#16568004)
I suggest reading about how Gaddafi's came to power, who financed the Italian _anni di piombo_ or checking where the biggest US military bases have been built.

I guess they just happened to be there because of the nice weather.

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