re: #240 wrenchwench

And a profit-making venture.

True, but modern war is hideously expensive—another good reason to avoid it until all else has failed. If we have one or two technically competent enemies, a lot of the budget goes to maintaining a chosen level of parity. We must run near full speed just to stay in one place.

In the last 30 years, our docrtine has actually stepped back a couple times from the cold war goal of successfully fighting two intercontinental conflicts simultaneously.