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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (339)10/29/2003 4:50:55 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof   of 90947
 
Excellent post! Nice research... but remember: they called it the 'peace dividend', as in 'the end of the Evil Empire' as an antagonist.

Not quite so much need to dominate the plains of Central Europe with heavy armor anymore.

The exact same philosophy Rumsfeld came in talking about: reforming our armed services to create lighter, more mobile and deployable forces.

Since we still outspend the next 20 largest military powers... and account for some 50% of the World's arms exports... and are beginning to actually deploy systems which haven't been able to pass testing yet (a la, strategic Missile Defense), I doubt that under the old paradigms we are exactly 'starving' our contractors.
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