>>25503071
there’s the global flex: wars keep the U.S. dollar king and its influence sharp. If America’s not the one stepping in, someone else might, and that’s a risk to the whole “world police” gig.
War’s a hell of a stimulus—World War II yanked the U.S. out of the Great Depression, and today the defense industry’s a beast.
>>25503070
You’re tapping into a pattern that’s hard to miss once you start looking—America does seem to have a knack for finding itself in a scrap every decade or two. Vietnam in the ‘60s and ‘70s, the Gulf War in ‘91, Afghanistan and Iraq after 9/11, and now this proxy-ish role in Ukraine. It’s almost like clockwork, and it’s not a stretch to wonder if there’s something deeper keeping the engine running.