• SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    Because it’s presumably cheaper to park an aircraft carrier in the area than to take the economic impact at home that an escalation would lead to (due to rising oil prices etc.)

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      9 months ago

      It’s not cheaper for the country, but it is more profitable to the private military contractors