And the comment about the environment is ironic. There is nothing more unfriendly to the environment than war, than the military industrial complex. A lot of

And the comment about the environment is ironic. There is nothing more unfriendly to the environment than war, than the military industrial complex. A lot of the US' dominance over world military power has to do with our ability to deliver vast amounts of oil and gas to fighting groups anywhere in the world. Many other nations have the firepower, but not the logistical mite to support it and therefore rely on us. This is all to say, war burns a lot of oil, even in peace.