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cannon fodder |
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cannon fodder soldiers who are not believed to be important and who are sent to fight in the most dangerous places where they are likely to die. Inexperienced troops were used as cannon fodder. See also: cannon |
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Then there's the still-astonishing "moral waiver"--employed to produce more cannon fodder. It's a sad footnote to our handling of the Iraqi war when the Pentagon can't even keep track of who died and who is still alive to stock our ever-dwindling reserve for cannon fodder. This is troubling because private firms, just like their public brethren, will become cannon fodder for competitors if their enterprise value fails to grow appropriately over time. |
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