Why do we still call it a "Defense Department" when it's obviously used more as an Office of Offense and Strategic...

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Why do we still call it a "Defense Department" when it's obviously used more as an Office of Offense and Strategic Foreign Relations?

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Jason Bovee said…
Having worked in the DoD for almost the past decade, I can tell you they don't like change...
March 29, 2012 at 12:56 PM
Kipling Cox said…
Foreign Unity and Collateral Damage Enforcement Ministry - or - FUCDEM for short:o)
March 29, 2012 at 12:59 PM
Marty Livingston said…
It's an aptly Orwellian name.
March 29, 2012 at 1:00 PM
Jason ON said…
I was reading something about the Defense Department and thought to myself: when was the last time the DoD was used to actually defend this land? WWII?
March 29, 2012 at 1:00 PM
Jason Bovee said…
Department of Draconian-ism
March 29, 2012 at 1:02 PM
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