The State Perpetuates Itself by Failing by Ivan Eland

Most of the U.S. public does not seem to notice that its government's actions have exacerbated or even created foreign threats, which that same government then says it needs more resources in order to counter. Instead of demanding that their government cease its excessive military interventions and occupations, arms sales, and foreign military assistance, and insisting that Congress cut off funding for such actions, the U.S. public rewards a government that not only performs poorly against those threats, but actually exacerbates them. The public would never stand for such failure from private business.

http://www.antiwar.com/eland/?articleid=11447

August 15, 2007
The State Perpetuates Itself
by Failing