INTERVENTIONISM

THE UNITED STATES AND WAR

INDIAN WARS FROM 1540 TO 1924

MEXICAN WARS FROM 1824 to 1846

RECENT WARS 1898 to 2017

DOES WAR BRING PROSPERITY?  Probably yes for the Military Industrial Complex.

· Perpetual War, Perpetual Profits – for some.

· Is there a balance between spending on war machinery, a lower cost of government.

· Military Industrial Complex at work; the F-35.

· William McKinley; 1898 Spanish American War; the death toll in the Philippines aspect of this conflict, from all causes was over 250,000 people.

· William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt; 1907 “Great White Fleet” of 18 Steel Ships

· Non Defensive Wars, Spanish American, WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam and twice in Iraq, and more to this day.

· 800 Military Bases established in foreign lands; http://www.revival-herbpeters.com/foreignbases.htm

· During the 1962 “Cuban Missile Crisis” we showed, within reason that we could “defend” ourselves from our home bases. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/oct/15/cuban-missile-crisis-russian-roulette

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