Tim Miles

Another Depression?

User 8240: You must have a lot of money tied up in the defense industries. Why else would you want more wars? The two we are fighting have cost the United States dearly in people killed and crippled for the rest of their lives, not to mention the money that we could have used to rebuild our infrastructure, improving science and math education, and stimulating innovation that will create new industries and jobs. The new wars that you and perhaps others may get us in will lead to a reinstitution of the draft (because our military is already strained) which will involve many of our children and perhaps grandchildren losing their lives and further bankrupt us as a nation. Not a nice future, but some people will continue to make a lot of money. I believe that it was a Republican president, Dwight D. Eisenhower that warned us about the military-industrial complex. Too bad current Republicans have not heeded his warning.