Wade, spot-on. The rich, and most of them aren't even American, goaded everybody that ever attacked us into attacking us. Our military has become just one more special interest group. They own more golf courses, beachfront property,  hotels and stores than most countries, and they certainly waste more money than most small countries do. In Hawaii, especially in the West Side High Schools, kids are actually taught that the best they could hope for is to join the military. I'm 75 years old and as far as I remember the United States has never been invaded by a foreign country. The bottom line is, we send poor kids to die so rich people can make more money.