What a terrible waste of resources on imagined enemies and worthless pride.
"What a terrible waste of resources on imagined enemies and worthless pride."
Yep.
Be a lot more well-served building roads, schools, telephone systems, etc.
But, hey, when their oil runs out and China becomes middle class, WalMart will need somebody to make the plastic stuff in cheap in sweatshops, and they can do that for us.
He plans on using them, not letting them turn to rust. His "Bolivarian" dream.