Between the folks who have joined and the ones employed making the tools those folk use, the US military is the largest, most successful exercise in socialism the world has ever seen.
One clarification (relatively minor in the scheme of things) is that military spending is about half of discretionary spending, but not of the overall annual federal budget: https://www.pgpf.org/article/chart-pack-the-us-budget/
There are 28 million people in Venezuela, they aren't going to capitulate to a US puppet government that is focussed exclusively on extracting oil money to the US. You'd think in all the talks with Ukraine, the Administration would have clued in to the idea that people don't trust invaders because they say they bring "freedom". Empires fall because the cost of keeping the colonized people subservient becomes too high, it is crazy how little thought seems to have gone in to what do we do after getting Maduro.
Between the folks who have joined and the ones employed making the tools those folk use, the US military is the largest, most successful exercise in socialism the world has ever seen.
Is the problem that we value human life so that the cause has to be worth losing it?
OIL?
Spot on as per usual Michel I. B.
One clarification (relatively minor in the scheme of things) is that military spending is about half of discretionary spending, but not of the overall annual federal budget: https://www.pgpf.org/article/chart-pack-the-us-budget/
Oh yes, I knew that - should have written it more clearly.
we could just as easily HELP them by providing food and cooking oil
More like beef tallow. Remember this is MAHA we're talking about.
so very gross
There are 28 million people in Venezuela, they aren't going to capitulate to a US puppet government that is focussed exclusively on extracting oil money to the US. You'd think in all the talks with Ukraine, the Administration would have clued in to the idea that people don't trust invaders because they say they bring "freedom". Empires fall because the cost of keeping the colonized people subservient becomes too high, it is crazy how little thought seems to have gone in to what do we do after getting Maduro.
Gave this a like for the "(May contain frogs)" subhead alone.
It may take a while before I have the energy to read the actual post....
WELL DONE MICHAEL, WELL DONE THIS SAYS IT ALL!
You win them with policy, diplomacy, and popular support. You win them by not fighting them in the first place.
Amen!