{"id":13043,"date":"2021-03-27T11:24:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T18:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=13043"},"modified":"2021-03-28T08:15:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T15:15:57","slug":"the-military-and-other-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/the-military-and-other-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Military and Other Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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