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[guillaumeb]

7. the Romans had a saying

"cui bono" or, "to whom the good". Another version is follow the money.

The Empire is all about money, or making money for the 1%. War is a very profitable business for the people who own the war industries. Not so good for the people who are killed or maimed in the fighting, but the war whores never fight.

Speaking of war whores, Dick Cheney's company, Haliburton, was not doing well prior to 9/11, but after years of no-bid contracts Haliburton is in good shape.

If you did not have to fund the Empire you could provide healthcare for your citizens, fix your roads, improve your rail lines, all the infrastructure that has decayed. Fund schooling for all from K-University. Fund Social Security and decrease the retirement age rather than call for a retirement at 70.

But that would not be profitable for the 1%, and besides, the war machine enables the US to take whatever it needs rather than actually treat others as equals.