• Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    A clear example of this is the F-35 program, which has gone over its original budget by $165 billion to build a plane tasked to perform many different tasks, none of which it does well.

    I tried to get an F-35 to clean my old apartment, it kind of worked at first but it burned down the apartment instead…

  • Kool_Newt@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    I’d say it makes sense to assume the worst. $3T used for the darkest acts meant to maintain power and fortunes.

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      11 months ago

      It’s usually bags of money and pallets of equipment that go “missing” and find a new home with a warlord.

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    11 months ago

    Judge not, lest ye be judged. Who here hasn’t accidentally tipped a valet $1 trillion instead of $10? It’s happened to all of us at one time or another.

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    11 months ago

    I’mma need this author to name at least two “analysts” who genuinely believe the USA instigated Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.