In a down economy - jobs matter.With our current level of employment within the military being about 1.4 million people on active duty and another 670,000 civilians - would a large reduction in our war activities create an even worse problem with unemployment?
Added to this, there are another two million civilians receiving benefits for their past active duty.
Being the world's largest exporter of weaponry - how big of an impact would peace have on one of the few American industries which still actually makes anything?
Aren't many of the weapons made by us also being used against us?
How much wealth is spent to maintain all of our military bases worldwide?How much do we waste by ensuring that parts for weapons are made in many states in the Union and then assembled on sight instead of in only one or two plants?
How many contractors rely on government funding to ensure their profits?
Maybe the naysayers were correct in saying that this is not a war for oil.
Maybe what this actually is is a war to ensure employment for a country that seems to produce little more than conflict.
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