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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Timer321   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Cost asymmetry in modern warfare
Date: 09/18/25 4:25 PM
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We have renamed the Department of Defense to the Department of War,

You are overseas; these inept moves were making the world snicker. I'm not sure they are snickering anymore.

Is your main point that it is a waste of resources? Not doing it invites war and a worse waste of resources. But yeah, in the eventuality of war we will back down. It is not just Taiwan. There needs to be a counterweight to China across the globe. Our military creates a dance for China's military. Human beings get wired not to go to war.
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