This is not for me a right left issue.
What I see is a tendency in governments to destroy economies.
To take it away from armaments for a moment, and to explain we have a similar problem in Britain, Governments of all hues have for a long time used house prices as a mark of how well the economy is doing. The problem is that as industry has shrunk government have had to intervene to prop up the housing market. Now in Britain nearly all individuals will invest in housing rather than business, the average family cannot afford their own home without government subsidies. But no government can stand against this progression, without causing a collapse of the banks, and through that a crash of the economy. Long term though the government will not be able to tax enough to provide the subsidies given to housing.
Because the government is assessed, by house prices, it will devote so much wealth to that sector, the economy will no longer be able to support it.
You could see this as an addiction, where the addict eventually becomes so owned by the addiction all other things do not matter to them.
For America the same has been happening with armaments. If a senator spoke out against military spending, the ability to bring back government military contracts to their state would be reduced, and unemployment in their area would be increased. Why would you then vote for them.
Because the USA has a strong military it can force an issue, but each time it does so, the reasons why others feel they should resist it is also increased. However if the USA tried to stop this resistance with only diplomacy, because it has already won so much with force, in the short term of tens of years, it would have to expect to come out worse from negotiations, so it has to use its military power, which is also the reason why it is creating enemies, which forces it to spend on arms.
It is good to have strength, but when it becomes an addiction it will destroy you.
What I see is a tendency in governments to destroy economies.
To take it away from armaments for a moment, and to explain we have a similar problem in Britain, Governments of all hues have for a long time used house prices as a mark of how well the economy is doing. The problem is that as industry has shrunk government have had to intervene to prop up the housing market. Now in Britain nearly all individuals will invest in housing rather than business, the average family cannot afford their own home without government subsidies. But no government can stand against this progression, without causing a collapse of the banks, and through that a crash of the economy. Long term though the government will not be able to tax enough to provide the subsidies given to housing.
Because the government is assessed, by house prices, it will devote so much wealth to that sector, the economy will no longer be able to support it.
You could see this as an addiction, where the addict eventually becomes so owned by the addiction all other things do not matter to them.
For America the same has been happening with armaments. If a senator spoke out against military spending, the ability to bring back government military contracts to their state would be reduced, and unemployment in their area would be increased. Why would you then vote for them.
Because the USA has a strong military it can force an issue, but each time it does so, the reasons why others feel they should resist it is also increased. However if the USA tried to stop this resistance with only diplomacy, because it has already won so much with force, in the short term of tens of years, it would have to expect to come out worse from negotiations, so it has to use its military power, which is also the reason why it is creating enemies, which forces it to spend on arms.
It is good to have strength, but when it becomes an addiction it will destroy you.
