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		lazyjones on Jan 29, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US bans students from “blacklisted” countries from... > Why doesn't the US pursue the blue-jeans approach do diplomacy any more? Because good diplomacy won't help the military-industrial complex increase its revenue.

pliny on Jan 29, 2014 [–]

Only if you or a customer of yours are going to bomb them, otherwise you're better off being friends and selling them bombs.

lazyjones on Jan 29, 2014 | [–]

Ideally you'd do both at the same time (or one after the other).

With good diplomacy, neither you, nor them, nor their enemies would buy more bombs.

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