I served in combat when the Pentagon's budget was around $60...

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2026-06-01T05:25:09Z

I served in combat when the Pentagon's budget was around $600B. At $1.5Tish now, I don't think that spend is acquiring enough capabilities to deter Xi from taking Taiwan. But $5-10T or so might. #brrrr #economics #econstr

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