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Ping Tung

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14. "WAR is a racket.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Mar 22, 2025, 01:58 PM

Mar 22

“WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.”
― Smedley Butler, War Is a Racket

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Trump: We'll sell our allies toned down military planes, because someday, maybe they're not our allies [View all] Swede Mar 22 OP

Not unusual, from what I understand. yagotme Mar 22 #1

Yes the US tends to sell the old out dated stuff. Irish_Dem Mar 22 #3

You're probably correct. What is unusual is bragging about doing it. bluesbassman Mar 22 #5

exactly ! stopdiggin Mar 22 #10

No one benefits. sop Mar 22 #12

For Drumph, not unusual... nt yagotme Mar 22 #19

It isn't. Other countries do the same. DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 22 #16

It's why we never sold F-22's to Poland NickB79 Mar 22 #18

So who's going to want to buy them? Ocelot II Mar 22 #2

Who says the US makes top of the line stuff? MadAsNell Mar 22 #6

When it comes to fighter jets. Mountainguy Mar 22 #15

And the F35 is the only ticket in town DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 22 #17

I meant that *in comparison to the stripped-down versions of US aircraft* Ocelot II Mar 22 #11

The jets have "radios", just not equipped with "Sirius", if I may make an analogy. yagotme Mar 22 #20

Like now? William769 Mar 22 #4

Amazing sales pitch Prairie Gates Mar 22 #7

Tommy Guns Kid Berwyn Mar 22 #8

The one "saving grace" for the sane world is that he's so damned STUPID & says whatever comes to his hlthe2b Mar 22 #9

Someday is today lame54 Mar 22 #13

"WAR is a racket. Ping Tung Mar 22 #14