@oralloy,
Quote:Leadfoot wrote: "The military/industrial complex is the most dangerous factor in the world right now,"
They're the people who defend us from the bad guys.
I don't mean they aren't necessary, but when they get involved in the decision process of whether to use military force (that should never happen) and that decision is based on their own 'need' to flex their mussels or keep the arms factories humming, that's ******* wrong.
I think there is a good chance Kucinich has a legitimate point about that.
And if they miscalculate and their little proxy wars spread to conflict between two major powers, that would be 'Bad'.
Even their conventional weapons have become so lethal that they have now can qualify for the Mutually Assured Destruction status. That's not necessarily a bad thing. It might be a great thing if all nations had a first strike proof no-cost button that they could push to annihilate the 'enemy' who attacked. Instant world peace!
I think All the politicians (even the stupidest ones) on all sides know what a no-win situation major war is now and will always back away from it. But if we allow the military/industrial complex to get involved for their own internal interests, things could go wrong. Besides, I think its evil to start even a 'safe' proxy war just to get a bigger budget or show what a bad-ass you are.
I mean, WTF, we just spent
14 years and Trillions of dollars to, in the words of our top generals, fight this relatively tiny group of terrorists to a 'stalemate'?
No! Just ******* NO!