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Buzz Clik

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1. Classic DoD response. They get a spending cut and try to tell us ...

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2013, 09:23 AM

Mar 2013

that soldiers are doing without bullets and gasoline.

How many bullets and gallons of gasoline could one buy for the cost of one new super-expensive, super unnecessary jet bomber? How much money could be saved by closing any of a dozen redundant military bases?

Same ol same ol.

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Desperate times: Marines told to 'save every round' [View all] unhappycamper Mar 2013 OP

Classic DoD response. They get a spending cut and try to tell us ... Buzz Clik Mar 2013 #1

Ah ... that's so sad. earthside Mar 2013 #2