War: What Is It Good For? Follow the Money

I really don’t understand the fascination the war hawk Republicans have about war.  If you take a close look at history, we haven’t won a war since World War II.  We didn’t win the Korean war ( I know, they didn’t even call this one a war. We called it a conflict, but I would be willing to bet that the folks who served over there definitely called it a war) or Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wars, not to mention the War on Drugs and the War on Poverty.  

And before you start saying what about 9/11 where we were attacked?  Yes we were, but not by a country.  We were attacked by 18 asshole criminals who belonged to a criminal organization and it should have been treated as such.

Maybe the war hawks have a secret agenda.  Could it be that they are bought and paid for by the defense contractors in this country? Take a look at the budget for our military spending. We spend more on the military than the next eight countries combined.   We spent 640 billion dollars on defense spending last year. China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and India spent a total of 607 billion combined.

Not only that, we arm most of the world.  Overseas weapons sales by the United States totaled $66.3 billion last year, or more than three-quarters of the global arms market, valued at $85.3 billion in 2011. Russia was a distant second, with $4.8 billion in deals. 

I guess war is good for some people.

I still think Edwin Starr says it best.

Once again, another great post from Ida Claire.

 Stay tuned for future adventures.