[Ryzorian]

That's why we develope combat systems that can do more with less. I agree the education system here sucks b-lls, that's by design, it's easier to controle an uneducated mass than a educated one. I don't agree with that, but then the nobles have been trying to win back this wayward colony for 200 years.

Actually, we haven't spent three trillion on the wars, that's a fallacy, much of the spending was allready slated for defense anyhow. Plus, yes we would have benifited GREATLY from both wars if we had done what normally is done in those situations, take over, and utilize the natural resources as we see fit. Forget nation builinding, drive the locals off and take whatever we want, that's what should have been done.

Hell, Afganistan has well over 1.5 trillion in natural resources everyone knows they were never going to use. So the US should have intiated mineing operations allready. The sad fact is, China has done so while the morons in DC, "nation Build". Honestly, why bother if that's what they are going to do?