Military Industrial Complex  

I did two years in Vietnam.  One as 11B, the next 100G.

Figure it out.

BTW, the cost of American involvement in RVN was the beginning of the end.  If you are a student of Sun Tzu you'll figure that out too.

Russia, China, N. Korea, Iran - all on the same relative playbook.  Defeat from within and there is no stopping it.  Americans are as naive as it gets when it comes to selling their own country to achieve personal 'wealth building'.