In many ways, the rush to war in Iraq and the saber rattling throughout the Middle east, is a sign that the powers that be in the U.S. have decided that American industry is in the terminal stages of its competitive position in the world.Industry after industry is biting the dust in the face of relentless competition from Japan, Germany and other advanced economies while the low end is being ceded to India and China.
That has left the U.S. with the only industry it is good at: War making and the paraphernalia that one needs to execute a war American style.The beauty of this is that most of this industry is financed by tax` money and cost is no consideration.With cost plus considerations, profitability is assured on each and every project.Despite the boast one often hears from our corporate chieftains, they are extremely risk averse animals and want a sure bet more than anything.
So, the War on Iraq may signal the terminal phase of
our industrial decline rather than any triumphant assertion of American hegemony.
We still make movies, dont we?
I know most of them suck
but they dont suck as bad as a chevy
do they?
As a point of fact, the war industry and the movie industry may have merged, looking at the box office success of many war movies and those that show gizmos that vaporize aliens or some such.Where does Rumsfeld get all his ideas for space weapons from? I am sure it is from the movies.
so it can’t be outsourced. Lot’s of good jobs for Americans. What could be finer? You liberals want to cut defense spending and put Americans out of work, or even worse, force us to make freedom fries all day in some fast food joint. Why do you hate America?
/snark
Seriously, a lot of suburban republicanism is actually based on this rather than any love of Jeebus or longing for the sweet embrace of theocracy. People look around at the economy and see a wasteland of shitty jobs with low pay and no benefits – but get a “defense” job and man you’re in the money.
War is our best industry now. The “pollution” from that industry in the form of hatred, terrorism and general global chaos builds up a lot faster than mercury in the ocean though. This is a disastrous course.
This is a disastrous course
Too true. It ends in open disaster, or open defeat. Not a great choice.