There is a certain value for current and wannabe legislators in pandering to war-hawks. However, in the case of US foreign policy, it's the big weapons/munitions businesses that exert the most influence. I posted on that earlier, where defense industry stocks outperformed the S&P 500 standard by almost 60% since 2001.Violence wins votes among enough voters to win elections. Or perhaps more precisely, lack of violence loses enough votes to lose elections.
Pointedly, we have just wound down 20 years of war in Afghanistan, and Congress is now considering INCREASING the defense budget.....AGAIN.
I also think that in the current state of affairs here in the US, Republican legislators and candidates are calling for an INCREASE of violence. That mentality has trickled all the way down to local situations where you have politicians advocating violence against school board members if they institute mask mandates for school children.
We are so effed, IMHO....![]()
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