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U.S. power flows from our unmatched military might, yes. But in a deeper way, it's a product of the dominance of the U.S. economy.

Nothing could do more harm to America's national security than a carbon-restricted, depressed economy that would make funding our military impossible.

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.

If the United States loses the economic weapons of control, it is very much weakened.

If the amount of money going into the war economy were invested in landscape restoration, we would be in a far more positive position. It may get a little dire before we pull together, but I think when the prosperous nations, and in particular the U.S., realize they're wrecking their own kids' lives, there will be a mass change in value.

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.

The strength of our economy allows us to maintain the mightiest military in the world, effectively enforcing a Pax Americana.

If our nation goes over a financial Niagara, we won't have much strength and, eventually, we won't have peace. We are currently borrowing the entire defense budget from foreign investors. Within a few years, we will be spending more on interest payments than on national security. That is not, as our military friends say, a 'robust strategy.'

Not even a superpower can hold onto its economic sovereignty if it fails to get its fiscal house in order, and no one needs a well-regulated international economic order more than the United States.

Otherwise, we will not be able to defeat the U.S. imperialists who boast of their technological superiority.