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Jeff Bezos built a website / online marketplace. Why does anyone care about his opinion on global military matters?

Supply chain & logistics is a huge part of what the military does. Don’t understand why you’re so sour.

The US military is still a logistics leader. Amazon.com barely breaks even and survives with poverty wages for last mile and air transport staff.

Jeff is sour AWS lost to Microsoft for the DoD contract.

The real issue is political. The sitting president despises Bezos and wanted to ensure Amazon got screwed over.

I thought this was still an ongoing battle between corporate lawyers?

The US government has unlimited resources. I’d bet a beer the Azure win sticks, continuing litigation or not.

The technology infrastructure behind that marketplace now powers many innovative concepts. His opinions should not be so easily dismissed.