From one of my co-workers this morning:
I know how to improve the US economy and further check the ambitions of China, NK, & Iran (and all the other little tin-pot dictators). Why don’t we just stop being dicks to our allies & start selling them the weapons they want. I mean, we are savant like in our ability to create precision engines of destruction, and our allies know this, so why don’t we sell them F-22s & F-18s & Naval Carriers & whatever other toys they might want? If security is an issue, just sell them export versions without all the EW, FC, & avionics goodies. Who doesn’t think that Japan, Australia, South Korea, India, and most of Europe wouldn’t want a supply of our gear?
I mean, it’s perfect, we get jobs & money (which encourages us to make more & better weapons), the rest of the world gets the ability to keep ambitious rogue states in check without waiting for a carrier group to move into the area; and best yet, we can stop playing World police. And, if South Korea decides to try out their new Carrier Air Wing on Pyongyang, we won’t be the ones pulling the trigger for them.
I think my coworker is on to something.
“Arsenal of Democracy” and all that….good idea, but FDR did it first.
It may have been done before, but it WORKS.
We need the MONEY. We need the JOBS.
That’s probably why it’s NOT being done – this is all by design. You critical thinkers are finding solutions but forgetting the real plan.