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Re:Anduril Is Building Out The Pentagon's Dream of Deadly Dr... by tehlike on Thursday May 30, 2024 @07:56PM (#40530096)
We can achieve peace only with responsible use of power.

We can't achieve peace without power.

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Re:Anduril Is Building Out The Pentagon's Dream of Deadly Dr... by brevhtff on Thursday May 30, 2024 @11:03PM (#40531087)
Have the biggest stick. Use it responsibly. The idea that anything else will work is naive.
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Re:Anduril Is Building Out The Pentagon's Dream of Deadly Dr... by tehlike on Friday May 31, 2024 @01:48AM (#40531895)
Precisely. Assuming every other actor will behave rationally has proven wrong over and over through out the history.
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Re:Anduril Is Building Out The Pentagon's Dream of Deadly Dr... by ThinkBeat on Friday May 31, 2024 @06:36AM (#40533346)
Do you find that has worked well? Vietnam, Iraq, Libya?
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Re:Anduril Is Building Out The Pentagon's Dream of Deadly Dr... by brevhtff on Sunday June 02, 2024 @12:44AM (#40551432)
Americans are still part of the most powerful western economy so I guess yes?

Evaluating a hypothetical is hard. I’m glad I’m not an Iraqi though. What a fucking fiasco.

(Not arguing morality just effectiveness).

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