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everybody should listen to this podcast of Malcolm Gladwell http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/02-saigon-1965 http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/02-sai

• mars4rp 10y ago
  all this data collection is useless and doesn't change anything. billions of dollars wasted.
  • convolvatron 10y ago
    as a former employee of the military industrial complex, i've always wondered how much of the funding went into these categories - simple graft - strategic investment in technology so that it might be available later if needed - strategic investment in people and industries so that they will be on tap later if needed - pointless waste - things of actual tactical value seems like it might be a combination?
    • gloverkcn 10y ago
      I would guess that pointless waste makes up the majority. Getting sufficiently competent people in the right positions and the right authority and removing organizational politics is really difficult.
• jlgaddis 10y ago
  Why?