Throughout Time, History Has Clearly Proven That Military Peace Cannot Be Achieved By Being Inadequately Armed.

 This Blogger repeats:

"There ain't no such animal as a peace dividend!'

Two small examples of this have been WW1 and WW2. Both ignored aggressive forces being built up - and spent nations' monies on anything other than weaponry. At What Ultimate Cost?

Again - had Iran been fettled by an international force 47 years ago - all of the current mess would have been avoided!