Islamist are engaged in a full time religious war against the West while we doze away.

Remember this.

Senior military staff, e.g. generals and their staff usually fights the war behind the lines. In a similar fashion so does the politicians.

It is the foot sluggers and the like, who face the real danger and have no choice. Refuse a command on moral grounds might have you shot.

Who really gains? The manufacturers and other industries.

The rest may die or be permanently maimed physically and mentally.

After the war, bureaucrats and politicians fight passionately not to look after or pay some for on pension/compensation.

War is a wasteful exercise and the average person will not gain from it.
I suspect that if the millions and millions of dollars were spent helping your neighbour the world would be a better place. Unfortunately, there are the greedy and the macho ones who like confrontation.

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