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Platapus · 02-05-14, 07:24 PM

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.

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!

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

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.

02-05-14, 07:24 PM	#8
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,403 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	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. 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! All of these "force" the US into more MIC spending.. .uh.. I mean borrowing. 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. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.