We didn’t start from scratch in either world war. We had our industrial infrastructure in place.
Winston Churchill once said “The history of man is war.” The Founding Fathers knew that they would always have to be on a war footing ever since the exposure of our greatest weakness—having to rely on France, who could have turned on us just as quickly as they aided us. Alexander Hamilton didn’t write “Report on Manufactures” for no reason.
Now we are back to worse than before the War of Independence, and in a time where new big powers like China and Russia are rapidly putting themselves back on a war footing and Europe is seeking to unify all their disparate militaries into a single force. Not wise to be in such a position while the rest of the world is so feverishly making war preparations.
“Winston Churchill once said ‘The history of man is war.’”
What does that mean to you, that war and imminent war is all that ever happens? Because normally historians weed out the less interesting parts. If peace is less interesting, so be it, but it’s there. Even if it’s only a matter of time before the next war, there is time between wars.
“The Founding Fathers knew that they would always have to be on a war footing”
Nice try. Notwithstanding the hopes and dreams of Hamilton rhey didn’t even believe in a standing army.
“new big powers like China and Russia”
They aren’t new.
“Now we are back to worse than before the War of Independence”
It’s not worth arguing with someone who can seriously declare such a thing.