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re: USA has lost its last two major wars
Posted on 8/17/21 at 9:10 pm to TBoy
Posted on 8/17/21 at 9:10 pm to TBoy
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I’m starting to come around to the position that this Afghanistan mission was designed only to shovel huge money to military contractors.
From that cynical perspective, the 20 year “mission” was a smashing success.
I was about to post the same thing.
"Winning" these wars is too quick.
To plunder billions of taxpayer dollars for your stockholders, lengthy occupation is where it's at.
The redistribution of wealth from average American taxpayers to stockholders in military related contracting companies likely dwarfs every single "waste of tax money" people complain about combined .
This post was edited on 8/17/21 at 9:11 pm
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Posted on 8/18/21 at 1:37 am to wm72
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The redistribution of wealth from average American taxpayers to stockholders in military related contracting companies likely dwarfs every single "waste of tax money" people complain about combined .
No question. About the only thing I liked from Trump is he seemed to break the neocon grip on the Republican Party and move the GOP voters away from being willing interventionist. This thread and others make me think the GOP base still wants trillion defense budgets and a giant army gazing around the world in search of a purpose.
The era of armies is over. Control the skies, have the ability to drop nukes and have a small number of deploy anywhere specialists. That’s a 21st century military and all you need.
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