• Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uk
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    6 days ago

    Maybe you’re right, but imagine you’re a Raytheon executive watching the Pentagon spend millions of dollars a pop to shoot down thousands of Shaheds. You would call in sick, admitted for IV fluids after a near-fatal jizzing spree. Point being, they have to love how badly those weapons are being squandered.

    And yes, chief War Bro Hegseth has an arrogance issue. But he’s only the latest paragraph in a story several decades long.

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      6 days ago

      Oh, I never specifically claimed this was a Hegseth problem. Notice I said “American” arrogance. This problem has been going on much, much longer than the current electoral cycle.

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        6 days ago

        I only name-checked him because I think he was the one in charge when Ukraine offered drone collaboration, you’re correct about that.

        I think it’s just the way with empires that haven’t fully faded. Feels like the US is close to having its Spanish Armada moment, especially after they’ve run out of Patriot missiles.