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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Baraka... the budget isn't being spent on soldiers and equipment... or rather it but it is being shifted to private soldiers and their equipment. Companies like Blackwater have sizable, well-equipped armies of private soldiers. Financed by the US government.
I wonder how long it will take before they come into play in domestic politics?
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I don't know, but as I (and roachboy) suggested, I think this is an allocation problem, not an overall budget problem.
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