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Re:Amazon asks court to halt Microsoft's work on Pentagon 'w... by knowa42 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @11:36AM (#22128933)
If you think that the only thing the U.S. military does is "assault" then you haven't really done any research at all, have you? Read up on force-projection, specifically as it relates to soft-power.
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Re:Amazon asks court to halt Microsoft's work on Pentagon 'w... by FpUser on Thursday January 23, 2020 @03:17PM (#22131457)
Assault - direct attack

Force projection - do as we say or else.

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Re:Amazon asks court to halt Microsoft's work on Pentagon 'w... by kick on Thursday January 23, 2020 @11:40AM (#22128976)
Note I said most cases, which, in English, means "not all cases, but most of them."

Obviously, the U.S. Military does slightly more than assault. Proportionally not much more, but a bit more. Like football.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Black_Knights_football

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Re:Amazon asks court to halt Microsoft's work on Pentagon 'w... by knowa42 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @12:24PM (#22129500)
Oh, okay. Unless you're relying solely on your "intuition" of what the U.S. military uses resources for, please post sources or figures for your quantification of U.S. force projection and how it's "mostly" used for assault.
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