They can’t help themselves. Whatever the situation, the reaction of U.S. policymakers is more war. Weak economy? War will get things going. Strong economy? Military spending will cool it off. Two wars in the Middle East (Afghanistan and Iraq) finally winding down (because we’ve lost and people are sick of them)? Time to ramp up secret arms sales to a pair of pipsqueak insurgencies (Libya and Syria). Other superpowers love militarism. But only the United States would send troops, rather than aid workers, to people devastated by natural disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes … even within the United States. As … Continue reading El Jefe Starts Gulf War III