The Military ruined this country

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117. And why is it that if they are so good at innovation and invention they never managed

to become self-sustaining? In a free enterprise model aren't you supposed to show a profit you wish to stay in business?

The military sucked the taxpayers dry in a worthless quest to bring PAX Americana to a world that never asked for nor accepted the idea. They did this in spite of the fact they impoverished the American people, many of whom vehemently opposed this use of our tax dollars.

You say the military transformed modern life with its wonderful inventions, but it has terrorized and destroyed more lives than it has improved. It has made us feared and hated throughout the world.

How exactly might life have been better in America if we had followed Ike's advice and slowly demobilized our military industrial complex after WW2? We started the Cold War and sustained it with a massive arms build-up. How many nuclear warheads and other weapons systems did we develop since then? What is the cost of such technology in terms of dollars, of citizens' lives, effects on the environment? How many human necessities were left unmet? How many hungry, homeless, jobless Americans did it cost?