We're Told We Spend So Much Tax Money On Defense Because We Need To Protect.... [View all]

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ourselves and be prepared to defend. I'm beginning to think that it's almost the other way around - that we have these wars so that we can justify the tremendous amount of money we spend for this state of readiness.

Kind of convoluted thinking but do you think this is how they think?

We have this large army. We can't let them sit idle. We have to put them to work. Otherwise - why have this large army? Let's throw a war so we can get our money's worth and justify our spend - justify our existence.

My thoughts for the night - now I'm going to bed. Probably won't be able to sleep with all this war talk - but I'll try.