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Why should they be ashamed of themselves? We're witnessing in realtime in Ukraine that kinetic wars are possible in the developed world (something I personally
by atlasunshrugged 5y ago
Why should they be ashamed of themselves? We're witnessing in realtime in Ukraine that kinetic wars are possible in the developed world (something I personally thought was going out of vogue with countries leaning much more heavily on cyber & economic weapons) and the U.S. is the country I prefer to have overmatch compared to anyone else and uphold the fundamental post WWII global order. Would I rather this all wasn't necessary? Absolutely, but the world is what it is and we have to live in it.
- sneak 5y agoI think there is a huge gap between "defensive weapons technology is important" and "america's torture and extrajudicial assassination department needs faster aerial murderbots". They are nowhere near the same thing. I would probably be singing a different tune if they hadn't just attempted to hack Congress to cover up their torture program. There are lawful engagements and legitimate defense, and then there is the CIA, which almost makes a habit of publicly flexing how much the rule of law and the conventions of war do not apply to them. For those unaware: In-Q-Tel is the CIA's VC arm.