These two things aren’t mutually exclusive however. US war industry is always looking for ways to justify higher spending, but it’s pretty clear that the quality of weapons it produces is incredibly poor as well.
Very well could be. At this point, I’m so suspicious of all these reports. It feels like trying to figure out what’s happening inside a company while relying only on their ads and PR communications: The only thing that I do know for sure is that everyone involved wants more money and is full of shit.
US Leads World in Credulous Reports of ‘Lagging Behind’ Russia. The American military, its allies, and the various think-tanks it funds, either directly or indirectly, generate these reports to justify forever increasing the military budget.
These two things aren’t mutually exclusive however. US war industry is always looking for ways to justify higher spending, but it’s pretty clear that the quality of weapons it produces is incredibly poor as well.
Very well could be. At this point, I’m so suspicious of all these reports. It feels like trying to figure out what’s happening inside a company while relying only on their ads and PR communications: The only thing that I do know for sure is that everyone involved wants more money and is full of shit.
Right, which is not an environment conductive to producing anything of quality. The MIC is basically a giant embezzlement machine at this point.