Comments by "Louis Giokas" (@louisgiokas2206) on "George W. Bush and the Texan Style of American Leadership" video.

I remember talking to my wife about the choices in the election in 2000. We were actually living in England at the time. One thing I specifically remember is that Bush was against regime change wars and foreign entanglements. That resonated with both of us, and we voted for him. Then 9/11 happened (we were still in England). As for the technological advances with the military, I can attest to that. We had both worked in the aerospace and defense industry. One funny, but semi-serious, proposal that I heard while working in a highly classified area is instructive. Some thought that we should let the Soviets get a hold of the code, not including the documentation, of one of the major systems. They would then have to put a large number of people on it. It would significantly slow down work on their own systems. By the time they figured it out, we would be a generation or two ahead of them. Never happened, but it might have been interesting.
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