Who knows? The guy who came up with this “brilliant” idea could have been promoted, and got his raise, while lauded as a “true genius” who showed what “thinking outside the box” is all about.
It’s amazing how many national security considerations of the US and our traditional allies have been tossed aside for the sake of a buck since the end of the Cold War.
Just one correction to your post. Corporate suits don’t bend morality for “raises.” They’re after bonuses; that’s where they get 75% of their bigger money. Quarterly bonuses are why corporate only plans for a few months at a time, and why they’re willing to rape their own grandmothers for the BIG money. They’ll do anything. I spent twelve years in big Pharma, one of the most corrupt industries in the world, and I could tell stories from my days in middle management you’d not believe.