[alloysteel]

The very fact that the US has a powerful and well-funded military industrial complex goes far in suppressing any assertive action of other foreign powers, before they even begin scheming.

Be prepared for war, that you may enjoy peace. The mistake comes, when the people in power get itchy and want to put all this military might to use, in ways that circumvent diplomacy and arms’-length transactions.

To jaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

And it is much more authoritative to speak from a position of strength than a position of weakness.

[sparklite2]

To jaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

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Just saw a TV show which pointed out that civilization advances due to the needs of warfare and always has. Made a lot of sense. Jaw-jaw didn’t bring us nuclear weapons which led to nuclear power plants.