War is profitable.
The military Industrial complex need new contracts and their shareholders will pitch for more profits each board meetings. The MIC also supports jobs across the US. Senators from each state will want these attractive employment for their people. The military remains a cushion for certain low income groups to find a job and footing during the post teenage youth. Many see the service as a way to get naturalized. Many others see an escape from poverty.
Then there is the "Great Game" of geopolitics that sees central Asia as a prize.
Oh I forgot I deleted some of my post. I originally had a line to say let's not even worry about the geopolitics (which by the time of the last pull out will be 0 gain anyway)
There are a lot of profitable things you can do with 100's of billions.
I'm not American, so I'm going to use a Canadian example.
The Canadian government spent close to 20 billion on their part of the war.
This could have built one high speed line connecting a few cities near Toronto.
People always complaining about the high property prices in Toronto, so this could open up some potential real estate opportunities in those nearby cities, which would spur some more investment in turn.
Furthermore, it would take time away from sitting in traffic, burning gasoline, so environmental savings which improve people's health which in turn would free up money from the healthcare system...
Time savings means people can be more productive as well. Maybe they do some work on the train or whatever instead of staring at the bumper in front of them.
This war maybe helped the stockholders of Honeywell and Lockheed, and whatever private people own General Atomics ONLY
