The US military [is] paying a defense contractor at least $900,000 to shred F-14 fighter jets it paid hundreds of millions to private contractors to build, in the newest twist to what President Eisenhower once dubbed the "military-industrial complex."So, let me get this straight... Iran was US ally in the 1970s. US gave Iran F-14 planes. Thirty years later, US and Iran hate each other. US pays almost a million dollars to destroy planes so Iran can't have them. Meanwhile, 19.2% of the world population live on less than one dollar of purchasing power per day.
The irony here is that the planes were destroyed because the Associated Press warned about the danger of F-14 parts getting to Iran.
Crazy...
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