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If We’re Going to Spend More on Defense, Let’s Spend Smarter
IKE WARNED US
Russia’s military failures in Ukraine offer lessons to help the U.S. rethink the idea that “bigger is always better.”
David Rothkopf
Published
May 16 2022
4:49AM EDT
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