Poll: Cutting US Defense Spending; What Does the Public Think?

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Or does it actually come FROM it. In the system we have, economic might extends directly from ones ability to reign warfare upon others. That is why it has to be sustained to the highest level. Because when the war machine collapses, the game, she is over.

I think that military strength comes from economic strength. The opposite can be true but I believe economic tools are more efficient and useful. War is a means to protect and project economic interests and not vice versa.