The United States, as a country, actually resembles more of a massive machine.
Countless vested interests form an alliance that continuously drives its expansion abroad.
This alliance is none other than the so-called military-industrial complex.
Its existence gives the United States the strongest fist, but it also gradually hollows out the country.
Because the key to controlling America lies in interests and bribery.
In 2022, corruption surfaced in America's AMG hypersonic missile project.
Dr. James Gold used his position to place a prostitute named Savino into the project.
He not only helped Savino fake her credentials but also transformed her into a scientist and made her the head of a branch project, earning a salary of up to $200,000 annually.
It's unbelievable that this clumsy prostitute managed to deceive for four years without being exposed.
Investigations revealed issues during this period, but Savino "persuaded" over 20 people involved.
Ultimately, the AMG project, plagued by frequent scandals, was abruptly halted, wasting hundreds of millions of dollars in initial investments.
Gold's mysterious suicide followed, whether it was suicide or a settlement, no one knew or cared because such occurrences are too common in America.
This is just the tip of the iceberg in the corruption history of the American military-industrial complex.
For instance, during the Afghanistan war, the U.S. built a makeshift airport costing a staggering $36 million, which was never used from the beginning to the withdrawal.
The U.S. military in Afghanistan also purchased 20 G222 cargo planes. Originally priced at $280 million, the final deal was $486 million.
Sixteen planes sat idle on the runway for extended periods and were eventually recycled at $32,000 each.
They spent $6 million on six goats, claiming they could improve wool production when bred with Afghan goats.
However, these goats didn't adapt well and ended up on dinner tables, costing $1 million per goat.
From 2001 to 2021, the U.S.'s Afghan accounts never matched up annually.
Upon taking office, Trump vowed to investigate Afghanistan's military spending.
However, when his audit team was en route, their plane was shot down by "unknown armed militants," killing everyone onboard.
Since then, Trump has never mentioned auditing again.
After the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, U.S. aid to Ukraine's weapons mysteriously ended up on the black market.
White House auditor Martin Hart went to Kyiv to investigate, but in October 2023, he was found dead at a construction site.
Kennedy's assassination is also a classic example.
Before taking office, he promised a major military buildup, but after becoming president, he reduced military budgets and was highly likely to be re-elected, so the military-industrial complex decided to eliminate him.
In December 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, dragging the U.S. into World War II.
Over the next four years, the U.S. accumulated military expenditures totaling $280 billion, but only 37.5% went to supporting the 13 million troops during the war; the rest lined the pockets of arms dealers.
After World War II, the U.S. government attempted to settle its arms dealers, but the Korean War erupted, and the proportion of military spending began to rise again.
Although not as crazy as before, it was still quite insane.
The military-industrial complex's reach extended further, even directly influencing presidential elections.
The Bush administration is a typical example, launching two wars rapidly after taking office in 2001, costing a staggering $37 trillion.
By 2023, the U.S. Department of Defense had not passed an audit for six consecutive years. Auditors found that half of the funds could not be accounted for.
The Zumwalt destroyer is another example. This futuristic, technologically advanced destroyer's primary weapons were just two cannons.
With a comprehensive cost of $12 billion per ship, people jokingly referred to the Zumwalt as a "balancing destroyer."
While the military-industrial complex gave America its strongest fist, it also gradually hollowed out the country.
The U.S. government relies on its military to maintain hegemony, while the military exploits that hegemony to rake in profits.
Given America's current strength, it can afford this gold-devouring beast, but with the collapse of hegemony, the host can no longer satisfy the parasite's demands.
The hesitant manner in which the U.S. government spends military funds is a clear indication of this.
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