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Financial Times drops the bars
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The US has a military more expensive than all other militaries combined.
Amd it's getting its ass kicked by Iran using cheap drones and home advantage.
The ideologies that call for ending social programs and buying military hardware instead have an incompetence problem that serves as a detrimental force multiplier.
Seriously. The smart generals that don't get discharged by authoritarian regimes quit.
Except, maybe Gerd von Rundstedt, because Prussians do not mutiny.
It's a mistake to look at the US military budget as being for an effective military. It's purpose is to send money to congressional districts to maintain the power of politicians. It's just Argentine-style clientelism. Spending money is the whole point of the system, and it does it very well.