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7/12/2025, 2:13:10 AM
>>63971196
>You're the one who is disingeniously implying he didn't want a total war economy
No. I'm implying he wanted billions in defense spending cuts. But that he didn't want to look like he was weak on defense while doing so. So it was convenient to find back alley "experts" who could make the snake oil salesman argument that you could make the military stronger while slashing the budget and building simple weapons. Whether this would actually work against the Soviets (who were building simple weapons...on a gargantuan defense budget) likely had very little to do with anything.
It's why the training video from 1976 that I posted previously is kinda relevant. It's US troops with simple Reformer friendly kit (i.e. mostly par with the more numerous soviet equipment), and the general consensus is "hold onto your butts and get good".
>>63970127
>You're the one who is disingeniously implying he didn't want a total war economy
No. I'm implying he wanted billions in defense spending cuts. But that he didn't want to look like he was weak on defense while doing so. So it was convenient to find back alley "experts" who could make the snake oil salesman argument that you could make the military stronger while slashing the budget and building simple weapons. Whether this would actually work against the Soviets (who were building simple weapons...on a gargantuan defense budget) likely had very little to do with anything.
It's why the training video from 1976 that I posted previously is kinda relevant. It's US troops with simple Reformer friendly kit (i.e. mostly par with the more numerous soviet equipment), and the general consensus is "hold onto your butts and get good".
>>63970127
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