From a purely financial point of view, imagine how much money could be saved if we didn't maintain the hundreds of bases that we have around the world.
On the other hand, that is money those corporations would not make from the conflicts. This is the only motivation for murdering humans, ostensibly for their own safety (a lot like much of what we are told to do or believe), the world over. The economy would tank should war activity end, but the economy is doing that anyway. Soon the only people still able to support themselves might be those working for the war machine.
I think that we probably aren't too far away from physically helping Ukraine
I haven't been paying a lot of attention to the recent leaks, but isn't that what they have shown, that we already are physically "helping" Ukraine. Protecting our elite's interests there more likely, since we have been destabilizing and raping that country, using it for money laundering and criminal activities, for a very very long time.
Good point about the testing done by the US all over. We tests our weapons right off the shores of many countries we oppose, then use their own testing, on their own land, as reason to fear and loathe them.
The war machine of the United States of America has become the terrorist of the entire world. I have no idea how to stop it. Our congress is gung ho war, both sides of the aisle.
Then there's the pollution aspect of war activities. If we could stop war, we wouldn't have any reason to stop driving our cars, heating our homes, and eating bugs.
I hadn't thought about the pollution side of things but yeah, that is a good point.
I fear the military industrial complex. They are incentivized to perpetuate conflict and the USA is their biggest customer.
Yup. Just as the medical industry is incentivized to perpetuate illness. We all need to be smarter than these two machines.