Paying for the military, twice

Thomas Barnett giving a speech in 2005 about the culture of war and the future of the military.

It is alternately funny and terrifying.

Here's a sample bit:

We use the doctrine of imminent threat-

We haven't faced an imminent threat since the Cuban missile crisis, 1962, but we whip ourselves into a frenzy because we're a democracy and that's what it takes.

If that doesn't work, we shout out "he's got a gun!" just as we rush in. Then we look over the body and find an old cigarette lighter and say "Well Jesus, it was dark"

His opinion on the Transportation Safety Administration:

TSA? Thousands Standing Around

He wails on the most sacred cows with a curiously Machiavellian outlook. Look, you want this? This is what needs to happen...

The net result of this would be a dramatic shift to a new force that is in charge of winning the peace - after a smaller version of our current military is through kicking butt.