The Looming Issue

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Originally Posted by Hot Rod

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I could not agree more that foriegn gov't should repay U.S. otherwise it never ends. They continue to ask for our help then throw us out on our nose.

Your proposal might have some effect on that debt chart that John posted for this thread. But it would require a change in thinking regarding our aid to foreign governments.

If we aid them on strictly charitable or philosophical grounds, we could hardly ask them to pay us back. That would not be charitable.

If we aid them because it is in our interest, security or otherwise, we should not expect to be paid back for that which benefits us in the first place.

But, if we were to give aid neither on charitable/philosophical, nor on general self-interest grounds, but strictly on financial mercenary grounds, we could negotiate up front for payment for our services. If some country was desperate for our military assistance, we could set a fee schedule based on a cost/price analysis, with enough profit to help with our debt payments. Sort of a U.S. Guns For Hire program.

Might go against founding principles, and "higher ground" stuff, but those "principles" are old news and that "higher ground" nonsense is all blowhard crap. Show me the money. That's what it's about now, isn't it? Hell, this could even almost maybe or possibly pay off the debt. I mean, we could sell to the highest bidder. What's it worth to a rich kingdom rolling in oil dollars like Saudi Arabia to knock off, say, Shia threats, or ISIS threats. Or, say, Iran and their buddies, to wipe out Israel, saving them from having to waste billions or trillions on nuclear programs and such. We could wipe out Russia for a huge fee which Europe and the Ukrainians could surely afford. Or, maybe, if Russia saw that writing on the wall, Russia could up the ante. The bidding could be astronomical. And then there's those perpetual conflicts in Africa. What could be the price for wiping out Boko Haram? Asian conflicts? North and South Korea. e.g.? India, Pakistan? Unlimited possibilities. Forget the debt--the whole military/industrial complex economy would be booming with full employment in creating and replenishing weapons and military equipment. An economy sustainable by the never-ending world conflicts.

Think about it.