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thatguymike | 3 months ago

Based on this article alone, I can believe this is a good thing. The US military suffers incredibly from its monopsony position and without a doubt will get a heavy wakeup call (read: dead young people) next time it has to fight a real war. In addition the army should be the most accountable and results oriented branch of government, since it’s the only one that’s actively oppositional. If we can’t fix procurement there then what hope do we have for the rest of government?

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bonsai_spool|3 months ago

> In addition the army should be the most accountable and results oriented branch of government

The army isn't a branch of government - and if you then wish for Defense to be accountable, there's the question of how to allocate money for secret things.

I don't know how other countries do this and if there are better ways to structure this.

Terr_|3 months ago

Plus the branch it is a part of is... Well, easily the worst for accountability-failures this year.

themafia|3 months ago

> there's the question of how to allocate money for secret things.

In the history of war I find very few examples where an obscure secret technology was the key to military victory.

mmooss|3 months ago

> Based on this article alone

Isn't it unwise to rely 'alone', in any way, on a clearly partisan article like this one?