The lyrics of an old tune queried: "War - what is it good for ?" One answer seems to be, sadly perhaps, money in the bank... I'm reminded of a couple of excerpts from a speech by Dwight D. Eisenhower: This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children... This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron. Looks like we're gearing up again, sports fans - but will we throw down ? Has the Big Game already begun ? https://www.airandspaceforces.com/foreign-military-sales-new-record-2023/
WAR sux.'It is, however a way of using up excess inventory: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! The army did not want nor need more tanks. Congress, however kept ordering and buying more tanks(it's jobs and votes). And now, thousands of unused tanks are sitting in fields becoming obsolete. So, WAR---and even better if it's a proxy war where someone else's' property is being destroyed, and some other country's citizens are being slaughtered. There is no right nor wrong, it's just a criminal enterprise.
UPDATE: More Bang! More Bucks!! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/22/global-defence-budget-jumps-to-record-high-of-2440bn
