I think it is a mistake to view anything the US military does as being strictly, or even primarily, for military purposes or power projection, and forgetting that the US military is fundamentally a vehicle of business. Including the current deployment in the Middle East.
Most people do not realize that the overwhelming majority of US military weapons and equipment is actually expended in exercises, not in combat. It is a consumption machine. Buy, use, replace. Consume, consume, consume. Not to mention the Department of Defense is the world's largest consumer of oil.
Also, bear in mind that the GCC has been increasingly diversifying their procurement of weapons systems, decreasing their reliance on the Americans. Military deployments serve a marketing function, sometimes, more than a war function. To some degree, the deployment in the Gulf could actually be basically a defense sector expo.
For domestic political reasons, if you are pursuing an agenda that does not align with the neocons, the MIC, the nationalistic OCGFC, well, you do need to appease them to some degree. Which is why Mr. Slash-Government-Spending wants a $1 trillion defense budget. So, a big, dramatic deployment, and stoked fears of imminent war with Iran, or the Houthis, or whoever; serves as a good sales pitch for ramping up that budget.
I doubt you could find a seasoned, high-ranking US military officer, with decades of experience in the system, who actually believes that the core function of the American military is to fight anyone. The actual war part is the lesser factor in the military industrial complex. As Hamlet said "the readiness is all".
That is where the money is.
Sometimes I wonder if love is worth fighting for.
Then I look at you
and I’m ready for war.
Let #postdocapplication be my destiny, Ya Allah
My Lord, cause me to enter a sound entrance and to exit a sound exit, and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority” (Quran 17:80)
Iya apa kabar yg sekolah tinggi-tinggi kalah sama yg ga sekolah atau sekolah tapi ga jujur! Cmn manage IPK >2.00 aja ga sanggup, apalagi manage negara 🤦🏼♀️ #nasibdoktorharigini
Yang terjadi sekarang justru sudah pada bodoh, tidak waras, dan rakyat yang kritis dianggap musuh sampai diusir2.
Sehingga rakyat hidup seperti di zaman kumpeni.
Of the believers are men who stayed true to what they pledged to Allah. Some of them have fulfilled their pledge with their lives, while others await, and they have never changed” (Quran 33:23)
And for those still waiting to act may Allah ease their steps 🙏
I’m unimpressed by your lazy texts, bored by your generic charm but irrevocably ruined by your gaze, like a crisis dressed in a suit. I knew better. Yet i still looked
Astagfirullah
#koreandramakills#worseofevil#WiHaJoon
Dear self,
I’m proud of you again.
And I hope it stings a little, because that’s how you know
it’s not just a line, it’s growth!
“Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is within themselves” (Qur’an 13:11)
Don’t think for a second that God missed that little joke. You whispered it with sarcasm
and the universe replied, ‘Okay… let’s test how serious you were’
Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us, (Qur’an 3:8)
Ya Allah, have mercy on the brave souls who gave their lives in service to others. Grant them the highest place in Jannah. Ease the grief of their families. Accept their sacrifice as a testimony of truth, and let their courage never be forgotten🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 #redcrescentconvoy