"A man who worked for decades overseeing Pentagon contracts told me this past summer, 'the system is based on lies and self-interest, purely toward the end of keeping money moving." What keeps the system running he said, 'was that services get their budget, the contractors get their deals, the congressman get jobs in their districts, and no one who is not part of the deal bothers to find out what is going on..."
"The American public and its political leadership will do anything for the military except take it seriously. The result is a chickenhawk nation in which careless spending and strategic folly combine to lure American into endless wars it cant win..."
An excellent, must-read article about our dysfunctional relationship with our military. Fewer and fewer Americans have any personal connection to the military, which makes it easier for us to express generic platitudes without seriously considering the important questions around military inefficiency, corruption, war, torture, and how we support our troops during and after their service.
"The American public and its political leadership will do anything for the military except take it seriously. The result is a chickenhawk nation in which careless spending and strategic folly combine to lure American into endless wars it cant win..."
An excellent, must-read article about our dysfunctional relationship with our military. Fewer and fewer Americans have any personal connection to the military, which makes it easier for us to express generic platitudes without seriously considering the important questions around military inefficiency, corruption, war, torture, and how we support our troops during and after their service.
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