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A Sozzled Apprehension of Politics: “Give them a whiff of grape,” said Wellington, who understood

12-15-2013 • Fred Reed

But why, it occurred to me, should we expect the Pentagon to win wars? It has nothing to gain by winning, and everything to lose. From a budgetary point of view, victory would be as bad as defeat. In either case, contracts would slow.