Yes I think it's absolutely true and it's very insightful of you to recognize that. The only thing I would add is that the real function of the Armed Forces seems to be to consume military supplies so that defense contractors will be needed to produce more military supplies that's increasing their profits. The amount of money that the United States spends on Military supplies is absolutely obscene especially when you consider that many of the wars if not all of them since World War II have been completely unnecessary and have been instigated deliberately by the US. It is also worth noting that despite the large amount of military supplies that are consumed by the Armed Forces every single War since World War II has been lost by the US after prolonged fighting and the consumption of huge amounts of money.
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The "MID" doesn't have as much direct pull over the US military as a lot of people think it does; the reality is that they can easily get contracts with or without a war going on. The other reality is that it's not uncommon at all for more important projects and better equipment to get sidelined in favor of frivolous or unnecessary crap just so a senator or representative can "bring new jobs" to their district. A specific example of this that directly affected my own time in service was a few years ago near the end of Obama's presidency in which the military as a whole wanted more funds directed towards drone and counter-drone equipment, but the government instead bought more tanks and tank parts with that money, and also moved the contract to a different company/factory for entirely selfish political gains. As a result, we ended up having to improvise counter-drone equipment anyway while the tank companies didn't even bring their tanks into the AO. That's only the tip of the iceberg; this sort of thing is extremely commonplace, and I also saw it firsthand with some communications systems we were testing out that were getting forced on us. To their credit, the contractors who we worked with were trying their best to make everything work, but it was obvious they were frustrated with the conflict of interests between the MID, the government/pentagon, and the troops actually fighting overseas.
The United States is a decentralized oligarchy that runs a fiscal empire. Having a huge military is not an end to itself or the source of its wealth. The reserve currency (dollar) is, and the huge military is used to force the world to denominate most of its trade, especially that of oil, in dollars. This has allowed the US to export the consequences of inflation and use sanctions as a weapon against its opponents. If a country attempts to sell oil for something other than dollars, the US “brings them democracy,” “color revolutions,” etc. As the dollar becomes more debased, the more aggressive the US needs to be. Nothing lasts forever and this will be no exception.
Hey Kim Jung Un! Rocketman! Calm down buddy. The US is the reason you have this website. You're more than free to go back to the "Pyongyang net" or some shit if you hate us so much. LOL. Maybe Iran can help you with your boredom? Give ya some rockets to play with? :D
Gold backed the dollar until 1971. Then oil backed he Dollar until the last couple of years. Now it is the US Armed Forces hat backs the dollar. We are now a socialist/cause oriented/debt economy. Supply and demand free market system has been replace by artificially priced markets.
Not run by Oligarchs.
As you know , the Military is in control of our country , along with President Trump..
He’s been busy taking down the DeepState and dealing with the Pedophiles. We recently flooded the tunnels under DC, to eliminate the satanic rats. The White House is shut down. New monitory systems are in place. We are free once again!The USA is a criminal corporation, anyone who says otherwise is just delusional.
Yes... but it’s not an illuminati conspiracy. It literally is foundational problems with out politics. We allow legal bribes via Super PACs to politicians.
The US economy is not at all that reliant on the military industry, so nope
I don't think so but I would say that most wealthy people might be incorporating something like that too protect them in their assets
No United States is a coward little bitch of a country scared of Iranian missiles. "American Empire" next joke please. No one gives a shit about America. Everyone's after china now. That's another shit stain on the planet like America.
we have the largest military ever more than all combined. some would say world dominance is the task
Yeah, they are called DEMOCRATS. Just kidding... It’s them AND the Republicans. Mostly Democrats though.
Ever since Citizens United was approved by the Supreme Court, American has steadily headed away from democracy, toward an oligarchy.
A military state? Why that implies dictatorship. Of course not
satan is the ruler of this world
so his followers
do the sameI have an even easier answer:
US military is ran by Israel.what nonsense is this
That pretty much sums it up.
it's very, very true
Military state? No
Controlled by rich, yes.
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