<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:8pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Am only reacting to:</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Eisenhower's having warned of military-<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR> industrial complex.</SPAN></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma, new york, times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 11px; RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Our spending a trillion+ in transforming Iraq from Sunni to Shiite.</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Our spending a trillion+ to raise the standard of living in Afghanistan to the level of Chad's.</SPAN></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma, new york, times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 11px; RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">And what is foreign aid? taking funds from the poor in rich nations to give to kleptocrats in poor nations?</SPAN></div><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">
<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma, new york, times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 11px; RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">One is given to wonder wherein the rationality lies-- or any rationale whatsoever.</SPAN></div></SPAN>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">>Some of it, sometimes. But remember that your body spends around 10% of its metabolism on the immune system, and your computer probably burns more cycles on antivirus/firewall software than most other things. A system in a world of parasites and adversaries needs to spend effort on defence or it will cease to exist. The key question is whether the equilibrium reached is rational or just a stable equilibrium.<BR><BR></div>
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