“nobody believes anyone in DC wants to start any war in the interest of “Truth, Justice, and the American Way.”
I think you are correct. Our foreign policy is driven by the need to sell weapons. That means strife needs to be stoked. Simple as that. It matters not whether the weapons are bought by foreigners, or simply given away.
The contractors can just as easily have their congressfool appropriate money for foreign military assistance and it still goes right into the contractors pockets.
Its as simple as that and it explains everything. It that was true, a 15 year war with no end in sight, combined with cycles of nation building, would be a really good foreign policy.
why should the USA fight for a corrupt government in Ukraine? If its not worth German or Polish lives—how is it worth American. Better to send President Trump to work out a deal with Putin than send in 101 airborn. We will need them to finish off ISIS and Russia can really be a help there. putin and Trump need to get into a small room with a map of the world and chop it up into zones of influnce—they get Ukraine—we get Cuba etc... Russians always get along better with Republicans than Democrats—why? They know where Republicans stand.