Well then we're doubly fucked in the recent conflicts, aren't we ? No way that these islamist wars in the middle east will bring even a tiny amount of innovatio

Well then we're doubly fucked in the recent conflicts, aren't we ? No way that these islamist wars in the middle east will bring even a tiny amount of innovation, just death, massacres and economic disruption (which will bring a lot more misery than even the massacres). I mean maybe Iran is capable of some innovation in the area, but I doubt it. And this Iraq war is but the latest addition of the many conflicts islam nutcases are waging. Outside of Iraq, there's Nigeria, Mali, Western Sahara, Sudan, China, Phillipines, Russia (basically the entire border of where muslims live geographically, actually). I get the impression that what's really happening is that the US is no longer policing the world, the legacy it got from WWII. The old empires are in the same situation, and we're returning to the historical norm before that. That historical norm was 1.5 millenia of islam versus everyone else war, with more victims than any other conflict in history. Constant civil wars at the edges of muslim territories and regular genocides inside of it. The entire world, from morocco to close to south africa to deep in China (almost up to Hong Kong). I guess what they mean is that for example, up until they were bought out, the main driver of independant robotics was the DoD. I guess that's what they mean. But outside of the US, Japan, China and Britain I doubt militaries are all that innovative. Hell, I don't know if they are outside of the US, point.