'No where did the US ever turn a profit profit from fulfilling a war goal.' This is fucking hilarious, extreme and TRAGIC ignorance you are spouting.

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Have you not heard about the million Indonesians murdered on the orders of the CIA and the later carve up of Indonesian resources wealth to US corporates? You might like to read some history starting with US involvement in The Opium Wars. Then read about the US involvement in the assassination of Irans democratically elected leader Mossadagh. Chile, El Salvador, The Contras (Nicaragua), Vietnam, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Libya and many many more...all US military power projection serving to protect and promote US Corporate Interests! The ONGOING US drone strikes in breach of international law that kill an estimated 50 innocant bystanders for every enemy combatant suspect killed. yes suspect as in untried. Your ignorance of US imperialism is tragic and undermines any ability for me to take anything else you say seriously. Seriously read some history and get your head out of the arsehole of Libertarian Mises Institute Bullshit. All of the above are tragic examples of the 'compromises' that become imperative as nations gain super power status and lose sight of the democratic and fundamental principles that they may have been founded upon. China in emerging as a super power is no less prone to these imperatives but to date has not displayed anything even approaching the brutality and extent of US imperialist militarism. The US has hundreds of declared military bases globally and many hundreds more undeclared...there is a reason for this and much of it is documented- do some reading.