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In reply to the discussion: Fucking Ridiculous ANYWHERE: Really? A Missile-Base in Vermont [View all]rrneck
(17,671 posts)it's a business opportunity. Like I said, it doesn't matter how it happens, but the result will be to exploit the opportunity to control our competitors in competition for resources.
The last thing the MIC wants to do is feed troops. Boots on the ground is politically difficult and people are high maintenance. That's why drones are the next big thing. Technology is more profitable than people.
If there was any country on the planet with a nuclear target on it's back it's oil poor, national pariah, China supported North Korea. Our potential for irrational jingoism and its resulting carnage is already proven in Iraq and Afghanistan. How many Democrats voted for that one? We are the only country on the planet to use nuclear weapons to date, a large chunk of our defense capability is devoted to it, and our national history has surrounded the use of nukes for the last century. The question is not whether or not we will use them, but what it will take to make it happen. North Korea is a likely candidate.