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Tuesday, August 19, 2025

4 comments:

Stephen said...

Since at least 1945, for DC's MIC..

Stephen said...

Also one of the reasons NATO kept expanding, some would argue -- expand the market for NATO-standard weaponry produced in the US.

CyberKitten said...

Depends on how you define 'manufactured'.... But generally I agree with the quote. War is a REALLY stupid way to settle arguments.

CyberKitten said...

There's an element of that. Plus, of course, the new NATO countries *asked* to join because they knew *exactly* what Russia was like and wanted zero to do with it.