Cost Of Empire: Military Expenses Continue To Grow

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unhappycamper note: Since the ‘Pentagon’ has ‘requested’ that I only post one paragraph from articles on Army Times, and Airforce Times, I’ve decided to give ya’ll an unhappycamper summary of the article and a link to the OP. To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.

To read the article in the military's own words, you will need to click the link.

(This space reserved for a legally correct snark dump.) It sure is beginning to smell like fascism.

unhappycamper summary of this article: My headline sez it all.






Army missteps in basing troops in Europe could cost taxpayers billions, GAO report finds
By Seth Robbins
Stars and Stripes
Published: September 14, 2010

“The original analyses were poorly documented, limited in scope and based on questionable assumptions,” the report published Monday states.

[another saigon]

1. stupid question

why in the hell do we have so many fucking bases? It appears as though the only industry the US has left is the killing industry. Perhaps I answered my own question.