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Yes, but even if he did stop one or two of the most wasteful of these money-pit projects that is not enough to say he is not enthrall to the war-machine.
He needs to look at the very, very expensive "projection of power" otherwise known as USA military bases all over the world. These things cost money; real money.
One general explained back in Reagan's day that the military needed so much money because it became exponentially more expensive to run a military the further from home you went with them. He claimed this "projection of power" was a good thing. I disagree of course.
