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This is missing the point, grossly.
by programmarchy 5y ago
This is missing the point, grossly.
- hajile 5y agoIt seems like a valid point to me. When your friend or relative comes back in a pine box, do you want to know it was just another bad decision with nothing good coming of that sacrifice? That said, I think the US has options here. We don't need to "occupy" Ukraine as they have plenty of troops. What they need is air superiority. We should consider establishing a no-fly zone around all of Ukraine (and maybe Crimea). The risk to American lives would be as minimal as possible while still severely restraining Russia's ability to wage war..
- hotpotamus 5y agoI believe I understood the point. In spite of all the post-industrial service economy and outsourcing we hear about, my understanding is that the US military industrial complex is still quite domestic; built and maintained by US citizens in the US at great expense for reasons that must seem obvious these days. But ROI is all I can see that actually drives the US these days - why do you think the phrase "run the government like a business" is so ingrained? Personally, I'd prefer to run the government like a government, but I'm just one voter out of what... 150 million or so?
- programmarchy 5y agoWell, in that case we are in agreement, and you simply broke my sarcasm detector.
- hotpotamus 5y agoI would say it’s less sarcasm and more (millennial) cynicism sadly.