OT: Military budget

[Arraya]

[quote=pri_dk] provided a pretty good return on investment back then (ethical issues aside…) I don’t think we are seeing the same kind of returns these days.[/quote]

Returns to whom. A small group of people always make immense returns.

Also, It’s no secret that they thought Iraq’s oil would pay for the war. They were mapping it out long before the invasion in Cheney’s “Energy Task Force” meetings. They also had congressional hearings about a pipeline through Afghanistan in the late 90s. Another project put on hold due to a myriad circumstances on the ground.

[briansd1]

[quote=Arraya]
Returns to whom. A small group of people always make immense returns.
[/quote]

I won’t argue the distribution of wealth, but at the turn of the 20th century, military intervention allowed our economy access to resources and markets.

At least, back then, as a whole, it was economically beneficial and sustainable to intervene militarily.

Now it’s costing us billions to chase some terrorists hiding in caves. For what?

[briansd1]

[quote=Arraya]
Returns to whom. A small group of people always make immense returns.
[/quote]

I won’t argue the distribution of wealth, but at the turn of the 20th century, military intervention allowed our economy access to resources and markets.

At least, back then, as a whole, it was economically beneficial and sustainable to intervene militarily.

Now it’s costing us billions to chase some terrorists hiding in caves. For what?

[briansd1]

[quote=Arraya]
Returns to whom. A small group of people always make immense returns.
[/quote]

I won’t argue the distribution of wealth, but at the turn of the 20th century, military intervention allowed our economy access to resources and markets.

At least, back then, as a whole, it was economically beneficial and sustainable to intervene militarily.

Now it’s costing us billions to chase some terrorists hiding in caves. For what?

[briansd1]

[quote=Arraya]
Returns to whom. A small group of people always make immense returns.
[/quote]

I won’t argue the distribution of wealth, but at the turn of the 20th century, military intervention allowed our economy access to resources and markets.

At least, back then, as a whole, it was economically beneficial and sustainable to intervene militarily.

Now it’s costing us billions to chase some terrorists hiding in caves. For what?

[briansd1]

[quote=Arraya]
Returns to whom. A small group of people always make immense returns.
[/quote]

I won’t argue the distribution of wealth, but at the turn of the 20th century, military intervention allowed our economy access to resources and markets.

At least, back then, as a whole, it was economically beneficial and sustainable to intervene militarily.

Now it’s costing us billions to chase some terrorists hiding in caves. For what?

[Anonymous]

[quote=Arraya][quote=pri_dk]I don’t think we are seeing the same kind of returns these days.[/quote]

[…]
Also, It’s no secret that they thought Iraq’s oil would pay for the war.[/quote]

Like I said: We aren’t seeing the same kind of returns these days.

You know about this guy though:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler

He first saw action in the Spanish American War (where we got Guantanamo and first used waterboarding.)

Too bad history has pretty much forgotten him.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Arraya][quote=pri_dk]I don’t think we are seeing the same kind of returns these days.[/quote]

[…]
Also, It’s no secret that they thought Iraq’s oil would pay for the war.[/quote]

Like I said: We aren’t seeing the same kind of returns these days.

You know about this guy though:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler

He first saw action in the Spanish American War (where we got Guantanamo and first used waterboarding.)

Too bad history has pretty much forgotten him.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Arraya][quote=pri_dk]I don’t think we are seeing the same kind of returns these days.[/quote]

[…]
Also, It’s no secret that they thought Iraq’s oil would pay for the war.[/quote]

Like I said: We aren’t seeing the same kind of returns these days.

You know about this guy though:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler

He first saw action in the Spanish American War (where we got Guantanamo and first used waterboarding.)

Too bad history has pretty much forgotten him.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Arraya][quote=pri_dk]I don’t think we are seeing the same kind of returns these days.[/quote]

[…]
Also, It’s no secret that they thought Iraq’s oil would pay for the war.[/quote]

Like I said: We aren’t seeing the same kind of returns these days.

You know about this guy though:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler

He first saw action in the Spanish American War (where we got Guantanamo and first used waterboarding.)

Too bad history has pretty much forgotten him.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Arraya][quote=pri_dk]I don’t think we are seeing the same kind of returns these days.[/quote]

[…]
Also, It’s no secret that they thought Iraq’s oil would pay for the war.[/quote]

Like I said: We aren’t seeing the same kind of returns these days.

You know about this guy though:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler

He first saw action in the Spanish American War (where we got Guantanamo and first used waterboarding.)

Too bad history has pretty much forgotten him.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=pri_dk][quote=Arraya][quote=pri_dk]I don’t think we are seeing the same kind of returns these days.[/quote]

[…]
Also, It’s no secret that they thought Iraq’s oil would pay for the war.[/quote]

Like I said: We aren’t seeing the same kind of returns these days.

You know about this guy though:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler

He first saw action in the Spanish American War (where we got Guantanamo and first used waterboarding.)

Too bad history has pretty much forgotten him.[/quote]

Pri: Smedley’s a stud! We used the USMC SWM (Small Wars Manual) extensively during my time doing counterinsurgency. It was written in 1940 and remains, in my opinion, the best manual for counterinsurgency warfare ever written.

Old Smedley was like the Zelig of the 1920s and 1930s when it came to hot spots in the world, specifically those related to where US business interests ran, like the “Banana Wars” in Central America.

You should read his writings after he retired. He was bitterly opposed to US interventionism and repudiated most of his actions and those of the Marine Corps during that period.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Resources, resources, resources.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=pri_dk][quote=Arraya][quote=pri_dk]I don’t think we are seeing the same kind of returns these days.[/quote]

[…]
Also, It’s no secret that they thought Iraq’s oil would pay for the war.[/quote]

Like I said: We aren’t seeing the same kind of returns these days.

You know about this guy though:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler

He first saw action in the Spanish American War (where we got Guantanamo and first used waterboarding.)

Too bad history has pretty much forgotten him.[/quote]

Pri: Smedley’s a stud! We used the USMC SWM (Small Wars Manual) extensively during my time doing counterinsurgency. It was written in 1940 and remains, in my opinion, the best manual for counterinsurgency warfare ever written.

Old Smedley was like the Zelig of the 1920s and 1930s when it came to hot spots in the world, specifically those related to where US business interests ran, like the “Banana Wars” in Central America.

You should read his writings after he retired. He was bitterly opposed to US interventionism and repudiated most of his actions and those of the Marine Corps during that period.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Resources, resources, resources.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=pri_dk][quote=Arraya][quote=pri_dk]I don’t think we are seeing the same kind of returns these days.[/quote]

[…]
Also, It’s no secret that they thought Iraq’s oil would pay for the war.[/quote]

Like I said: We aren’t seeing the same kind of returns these days.

You know about this guy though:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler

He first saw action in the Spanish American War (where we got Guantanamo and first used waterboarding.)

Too bad history has pretty much forgotten him.[/quote]

Pri: Smedley’s a stud! We used the USMC SWM (Small Wars Manual) extensively during my time doing counterinsurgency. It was written in 1940 and remains, in my opinion, the best manual for counterinsurgency warfare ever written.

Old Smedley was like the Zelig of the 1920s and 1930s when it came to hot spots in the world, specifically those related to where US business interests ran, like the “Banana Wars” in Central America.

You should read his writings after he retired. He was bitterly opposed to US interventionism and repudiated most of his actions and those of the Marine Corps during that period.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Resources, resources, resources.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=pri_dk][quote=Arraya][quote=pri_dk]I don’t think we are seeing the same kind of returns these days.[/quote]

[…]
Also, It’s no secret that they thought Iraq’s oil would pay for the war.[/quote]

Like I said: We aren’t seeing the same kind of returns these days.

You know about this guy though:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler

He first saw action in the Spanish American War (where we got Guantanamo and first used waterboarding.)

Too bad history has pretty much forgotten him.[/quote]

Pri: Smedley’s a stud! We used the USMC SWM (Small Wars Manual) extensively during my time doing counterinsurgency. It was written in 1940 and remains, in my opinion, the best manual for counterinsurgency warfare ever written.

Old Smedley was like the Zelig of the 1920s and 1930s when it came to hot spots in the world, specifically those related to where US business interests ran, like the “Banana Wars” in Central America.

You should read his writings after he retired. He was bitterly opposed to US interventionism and repudiated most of his actions and those of the Marine Corps during that period.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Resources, resources, resources.

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