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0 pointssam3453y ago0 comments

It's like when a lawyer tells the client not to do a 2 billion dollar deal after a 5 minute conversation and charges $1 million for his time. It's not the effort, it's what was avoided. They call it the Department of Defense for a reason.

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pnt123y ago

It used to be the Department of War, but Defense sounds nicer. Lots of countries did the shift in name.

Reminds me of George Carlin's joke: shellshock becomes battle fatigue becomes PTSD. Don't make it better, change the name!

jmnicolas3y ago

What was avoided in this case? A balloon isn't much more than a low flying satellite.

wkat42423y ago

What was avoided are incursions by armed enemies. You don't have a military for a war you want to fight, but for the one you don't want to fight.

Having 0 air to air kills for an interceptor is a good thing in the way that it's doing its job as a deterrent and enemies don't even try.

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