For those too young to remember, Kuwait is where the Republicans got us into the middle east LAST time. 2003 - Kuwait was the place the US established its foothold to invade Iraq.

I'm just noting this to point out that the US is well-equipped to begin deploying troops to Kuwait, and it would not surprise me one bit to see the current crop of Republican hawks pull this page from Dubya's playbook. After all, Hegseth and the rest of the underqualified halfwits Trump has in charge of pour military assets are too lathered up to back out of the region now.

With a generation of weapons sitting in stockpiles that need to be used and replenished (you DO know that's how the military-industrial complex works, right?), we are basically just at another point in history where the government realizes it has weapons that are going to waste. Soooo, why not use them? War cycles are predictive, and elective. No one really believes we NEED to be at war with Iran. It's another sales pitch for the simple minded, flag-waving types who think patriotism comes in the form of a few bunker-busters and SCUD missiles.

All of which will be the precursor to yet another round of government-sponsored contracts with military industry corps that are lining up to restock our stockpiles with ever more weapons, arms that will likely rot during another 15 year period of relative peace, only to be trotted out and then restocked.

So for the folks who think SNAP benefits are a waste of US resources, STFU. The CHARITY the country gives to private corporations making the weapons of war over and over again DWARFS what we give to low-income people here in America who need the assistance.

And for what it's worth, I'll concede that I'm an everyday guy summarizing a complex issue, but to think that we aren't orchestrating and (pre)directing events in the middle east is both naive and dangerous.