Originally Posted by Vendzilla

No argument here
When the Cold war was over, which when you consider how many ICBMs we had pointed at us was a good thing to end, the government wanted another conflict, because that's where they are the most powerful. So one guy gets some other guys to fly an airbus into a building and we go on a spending spree. Our government hates peace, no profit in it.
People get pissed at the guy that went to war, so they elected the other guy that ended up expanding the war.
A war we really don't need and many don't want. Middle class is disappearing because of things like NAFTA where a country like China with major human rights violations can get a top trade status.