Loading ...“Sir, the defense contractors are chafing at your plan to pull out of Syria.”
“Screw ‘em! Tell ‘em to start building airliners or something!”
“No sir. They built a new cruise missile that needs testing. And we need to get rid of the excess inventory of older missiles. Rebuilding the war stocks will stimulate the economy. Besides, if you don’t strike out at Syria now, we may not have another opportunity for a long time.”
“But I said I want out of Syria!!”
“Sir…. you wouldn’t want the stock market to crash, would you? And what about your lawyers?”
Sigh! “OK, tell the Generals to execute their plan now.”
“Thank you sir. I’ll tell Mueller’s team to back off a bit.”
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/syria-strike-puts-lockheed-martins-165231387.html