Amazon asks court to halt Microsoft's work on Pentagon 'war cloud'

Re:Amazon asks court to halt Microsoft's work on Pentagon 'w... by zionic on Thursday January 23, 2020 @11:27AM (#22128825)

The thing is, we spend that much and we're not even good imperialists. When was the last time we annexed any territory? Declared a lesser state a protectorate? Or established a new colony? We spend trillions/year to be the world police so our "allies" don't have to while they mock us on twitter.

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Re:Amazon asks court to halt Microsoft's work on Pentagon 'w... by h0h0h0h0111 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @11:42AM (#22128991)

Annexed? In 2020, there is no need to annex a country to get everything you want from them - on the contrary, it's an administrative nightmare to annex a country when you can stick your military bases there, export your goods there, and make their economy dependent on your country's and your money without it.

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Re:Amazon asks court to halt Microsoft's work on Pentagon 'w... by caleb-allen on Thursday January 23, 2020 @01:25PM (#22130173)

How about shaping countries like Venezuela, Iran, Vietnam, Iraq, Syria, South Korea, Japan, etc etc etc, all in ways (intended to be) economically beneficial to the US?

If you can stage a coup or rile up and train a militia to fight your proxy war, there is no need for an outdated notion of "imperialism".

The US has the most powerful military the world has ever seen, and that power is not simply being tossed into the dumpster.

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Re:Amazon asks court to halt Microsoft's work on Pentagon 'w... by etrk on Thursday January 23, 2020 @12:29PM (#22129565)

We have over 800 military bases in ~70 countries around the world.

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Re:Amazon asks court to halt Microsoft's work on Pentagon 'w... by kevin_thibedeau on Thursday January 23, 2020 @11:36AM (#22128930)

We outsource the dirty stuff. The important thing is that there is a market for our bullets and bombs.

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