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Of course Silicon Valley will help.

Google != Silicon Valley

Palantir is in Palo Alto and has thousands of employees, they're helping the military industrial complex every minute of the day. Oracle is in Redwood, one of the largest employers in SV and has never stopped helping the Pentagon (not implying they're a leader in AI). Silicon Valley is loaded with companies and employees more than eager to help and always will be. The will they help headlines are nothing more than click-bait, it's a premise invented to get attention and stir drama.

In fact it's quite the opposite. The biggest problem for the Pentagon is filtering through which of the eager Silicon Valley companies they want to disperse funds/deals to. Figuring out which companies are the best option for what they want to accomplish. For every Google that resists slightly, there are a dozen more that will be thrilled to get the business. And if a company doesn't exist, there's endless venture capital available at a moment's notice if a new company needs formed to take advantage of a lucrative contract.