Pentagon pays millions to shred planes it paid millions to build

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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Funny the things we don't know...

I found this while searching for my previous post...
Title 18, Chapter 71 of the US Code says:

Every obscene, lewd, lascivious, indecent, filthy or vile article, matter, thing, device, or substance; and—
Every article or thing designed, adapted, or intended for producing abortion, or for any indecent or immoral use; [...]
Is declared to be nonmailable matter and shall not be conveyed in
the mails or delivered from any post office or by any letter carrier.

I'd just like to remind everyone that this is current US law. I am not familiar with any case interperetations of this, and I highly doubt it's enforced (Pro-Choice America's site doesn't seem to have any info on it), but it strikes me as a bit odd that it's never been repealed in a country where abortion is legal...