harry wrote:

The USA needs to be at perpetual war to enrich the republican-owned
arms industry. The war in the ME was started because the USSR had
(temporarily) fallen by the wayside.
Those poor American boys dying in far off places are dying to enrich
the wealthy elite of America. They are not BTW fighting to defend
America. They are fighting and dying to defend the fascist state of
Israel.
They need a gun culture in America so they have a reserve of gun-
trained, misinformed, ill-educated youth to use as gun fodder so they
can fill their pocket with $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

So who will be next? The war in Afghanistan is getting unpopular and
unprofitable. Iran? Venezuela? Hah! Now there's a thought. Oil
rich, close at hand and socialist. Ideal target i say!

Oh, bother. We need a war every ten to fifteen years to keep the tip of the
spear sharp. Right now, it would be difficult to find a commander, from
sergeant to general, who has not lead troops in combat. You can't BUY that
kind of experience.

As for boys (and girls) dying in far off lands, remember, they volunteered.
They volunteered knowing the risks of death or disability were real, much
the same as a race car driver, a mountain climber, a sky-diver chooses his
vocation. They serve for the opportunity to kill people and blow things up,
well aware that there is a chance, slim, but still there, that they could
suffer.

The folks in Iraq and Afghanistan are our warrior class. They trained to be
there; they want to be there. They NEED to be there! War is their destiny,
their reason for being. They fight. For their friends, for their families,
for their homes.

For honor's sake. For duty's sake. For glory's sake.

Interestingly, eighty-five percent of the troops who served on the ground
Iraqistan re-enlisted at the first opportunity. The remaining fifteen
percent retired, invalided out, or married harridans.

The only downside I can see to a larger war is that the relative percentage
of pussies at home increases. That's not TOO problematic, because there's
still enough of us retired and reserve warriors to put paid to their wussie
asses should they get out of hand.