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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Tue Dec 24, 2013, 09:21 AM Dec 2013

From Eggs to Explosives: The Pentagon's Long Shopping List{large image}

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/12/pentagon-military-contractor-shopping-list

Running the massively big, most powerful military in the world requires a lot of stuff, from tanks to toilet paper. The Pentagon handed out $361 billion to contractors in 2012. Some of the items on its long shopping list

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From Eggs to Explosives: The Pentagon's Long Shopping List{large image} (Original Post) xchrom Dec 2013 OP
16 million for badges? Bosso 63 Dec 2013 #1
$547 Million for land mines? RC Dec 2013 #2
 

RC

(25,592 posts)
2. $547 Million for land mines?
Tue Dec 24, 2013, 11:58 AM
Dec 2013

Most civilized countries have outlawed them. Which speaks volumes about us, US.

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