"We spend more on the military than all other nations on earth combined, and the only thing it's gotten us has been some pretty consequential blowback and a mountain of unsustainable debt. So what's the upside?
"Well, there isn't any - unless you're a military contractor, or a politician on the take from the military-industrial complex. If you're an "analyst" who works for one of the pro-militarist Washington thinktanks, you have a lot to gain from this 'forward stance' foreign policy: however, if you're an ordinary American - not so much." - Justin Raimondo, AntiWar.com
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