For the US MIC to continue to grow, there always has to be an "enemy". You should have seen the sweating and scrambling after the Wall and the Soviets went down. Two words struck terror in the military-- Peace Dividend. :o:o

We are actually quite lucky as currently we have the best of several environments.

1. We have the "threat" from China to justify the big expensive offensive projects
2. We have the "threat" from Iran to justify the smaller defensive and intelligence projects.
3. We have the "threat" from terrorists to justify the expansion of the MIC into the domestic civilian world. Talk about business development! :o

All of these "force" the US into more MIC spending.. .uh.. I mean borrowing. :nope:

Honestly, if you were planning it, I don't think you could come up with a more advantageous environment for the MIC than what we have now.

Not that I am complaining. It is the ravenous maw of the MIC that keeps food on my table. :salute:

The art of politics...
 

"Is looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, then applying all the wrong remedies." ~Groucho Marx

The art of politics is to see people living their lives door to door and mindign their private businesses, then messing their lives up and ruining what they achieved, and finally telling them: "if you vote for me, I will solve your worries!"

Interesting that you define this in such a way.
With politicians people usually see what they want to see.