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| From | bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics |
| Subject | Cut Military Budget, Save $500,000,000,000/year |
| Date | 2026-05-02 23:23 -0400 |
| Organization | RNA + Sunlight |
| Message-ID | <10t6f3n$9fg$1@panix2.panix.com> (permalink) |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
| ...
| On paper, the war in Iran should not be much of a contest.
| The United States spends around $1 trillion a year on its
| military, more than 100 times as much as Iran. That money
| buys a vastly larger Air Force and Navy, as well as
| advanced weapons technologies that Iranian generals can
| only dream about.
|
| In the war's early days, the mismatch played out as one
| might expect. American forces destroyed much of the Iranian
| military. Now, however, the contest looks less one-sided.
| Iran has taken control of the Strait of Hormuz, and its
| missiles and drones still threaten America's allies in the
| region. While President Trump seems eager for a negotiated
| truce, Iran's leaders do not. Somehow, the weaker nation is
| in the stronger negotiating position.
| ...
<https://nytimes.com/2026/04/30/opinion/iran-us-military-challenges.html>
--bks
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