Military Defense Spending, or Military Offense Spending?

Last weeks cruise missile attack in Syria shows big gains in the private sector.

Ever since the Revolutionary War, the United States has been engaged in a war on average every 13 years, and in between these conflicts we maintained military presence in others. Our country financial lifeline is through its War Machine, and every conflict we engage in acts as an economic stimulus.

On Tuesday, April 4th, the Assad Regime launched a Sarin Gas strike against its civilian population killing dozens and gaining international attention. The United States, holding significant presence in the area, delivered a swift and brutal response. On the morning of Friday, April 7th United States launched 59 Tomahawk Class Cruise missiles at a Syrian air base suspected of holding the chemicals used in the attack. The attack utterly destroyed the base, and showed the international community that we will not tolerate such actions.

Each cruise missile is made by Raytheon, a defense contractor. Each system costs the U.S government approximately 15 million, running up a total of 885 million. This attack caused massive gains to spring up in the defense sector, and a rise in confidence in the stock market. Whenever the U.S goes to war, the defense sector profits immensely, and these multi-national conglomerates in turn instills confidence in the economy.

The U.S profits when it is at war, and war is all the U.S knows. The war machine of the united States stimulates every other sector of the economy, which in turn produces a better quality of life for the country's citizens.

However, these acts have been causing scrutiny on the current presidency of the United States, who has been claimed to have connections with these companies through his own personal finances.

Current military actions have resulted in better economic stimulus, despite claims of an over inflated military budget. These next few weeks will project a significant increase in the stock market through inflation of the private sector.