Two stories on different sides of the Atlantic.
British pilots are helping China understand Western military aircraft.
Retired American officers are helping Saudi Arabia and other despots.
Some of this is the obvious revolving door between government service and lucrative "consulting" gigs that I guess make sense as a de facto pay day for serving your country.
The problem is that the world appears to be realigning. China, certainly, is not a friendly power. Especially with Xi Xinping's consolidation of power into his own hands and not that of the party. Saudi Arabia is just a toxic force in the world right now.
We are seeing why Western militaries are superior to Despotic militaries in the way a newly democratic Ukraine with Western aid has been able to hold off an force back Russia. You can see why despots would want to tap into that knowledge, but also why the US would want to keep that knowledge to themselves.
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