• DomeGuy@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      Because it was created by an act of congress and renamed twice by acts of Congress after ww2.

      If the Republicans want to rename DoD they could have put it in their “big beautiful bill”, but they didn’t. So it’s still DoD and should be referred to as such.

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        12 hours ago

        Doesn’t calling it the Department of War make it easier to defund and eventually dismantle, though?

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          7 hours ago

          In this political climate? Hell no, quite the opposite.

          And this political climate is all about never allowing another political climate.

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          6 hours ago

          You seriously going to ask that question after Trump won twice? This country is almost Warhammer levels of up its own ass about war being cool…