[mrguyorama]

In retrospect, was the peace dividend a good idea? We got a europe that couldn't protect itself, the US playing bombs in the desert for 20 years and building anti-terrorism focused systems which will have no value against a near peer adversary, a navy that forgot how to build good boats, and a general refusal to learn the always relevant lesson of "build more ammo"

[hackernewds]

But the US found Boogeymen to continue spending $800B per year to attack. Isn't that the goal of the army?