• barsoap@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    There’s no “from WWII” about that we’re still gold-plating equipment.

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      7 months ago

      That’s… That’s my point. We won world war 2 with equipment that was great strategically and logistically, but was merely good enough tactically. We’ve switched positions. We need to realize that a million man military can’t be gold plated.

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        7 months ago

        I mean Germany is still gold-plating things. Also a million men when did you decide to cut the size of your forces in half.

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          7 months ago

          I wasn’t counting all of the reserves because we accept that they get old equipment.