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Originally posted by lovelyivy84
There may seem to be a number of great reasons (all of the ones you listed are compelling) but in the long run I think it will be a mistake. It is always a mistake. Once America involves itself in the affairs of any given foreign country, it generally takes a war and a couple of billion dollars spent before we get out of it again (Vietnam, Korea, Phillipines, Central America, The Middle East have all proven costly in manpower as well as capital).
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See, but these billions of dollars spent don't necessarily spell financial ruin for the US - Keynesian deficit spending? I think you're making the same argument for both sides here - military spending is a boon on the economy, hence repealing of the Leahy Amendment makes sense on that level . . . and wartime military spending has the same (albeit impulsory) effect, no?
(I'll look for cites later if desired. . . )