Re:How we paid for the War on Terror
by academia_hack on Monday August 23, 2021 @10:20PM
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A less cynical view is that it keeps the military industrial complex healthy and robust in case an urgent need (e.g. WWII) arises. I'd much prefer to just hand cash to Raytheon for that and not have them shoot anyone though....
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Re:How we paid for the War on Terror
by Abishek_Muthian on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @04:01AM
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How do we know that MIC would draw the line when it comes to the national interest, It's not too long that the USSR and USA came close to destroying themselves and the world; What if the WWIII itself is triggered for MIC's interests?
The kind of weapons we need to be developing to fight a near peer adversary are entirely different from the types used to fight small scale wars. You can see this in the new talking points around near peer fight.