Another provocative piece Michelle. Most wars are fought via bank decisions, not the public interest or national security. But wars used to end at some point, until Bush gave us the "forever wars" The good news is, I guess, that a war with Russian or China would be over in a few days (but much of the planet would be dead for a few thousand years). The costs of Empire are grave indeed. Note: https://medium.com/@daneke/whistling-past-the-graveyard-from-blood-and-oil-to-the-ponzi-empire-eb0f56fd3e57