“What enraged colonists was its purpose; namely, subsidizing British continental wars that had stretched crown finances. It wasn’t unlike today’s Ukraine conflict.”
Great point, the Brits for starters, are having a TOTAL REPLAY of that time, along with the rest of Europe, but thankfully not the US anymore (since we’re out of weapons).
Source?
Since I know for a fact that we have thousands of Bradleys and Abrams tanks in storage. Not to mention the hundreds of F16's in storage.
US Air Force to mothball dozens of A-10s, F-15s and F-16s in FY22 budget
The U.S. Air Force wants to send more than 200 aircraft to the boneyard with its fiscal 2022 budget request, freeing up $1.3 billion in savings that it can reinvest in cutting-edge technologies like its sixth-generation fighter and hypersonic weapons.
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/budget/2021/05/28/us-air-force-to-mothball-dozens-of-a-10s-f-15s-and-f-16s-in-fy22-budget/