Vietnam was what caused the US to abandon the gold standard. There was no choice but to abandon it as the war was about to bankrupt the US.

I feel like something as contemporary as Ukraine speaks for itself. The UK has gone through about 3 heads of state in just as many months. Germany is unable to fuel its industry, inflation in the US at 10%.

As far as the militarization of space, the point speaks for itself. Here are two comparatively little things you couldn't even do, yet you want to talk about something far more expensive and difficult to accomplish.

I shouldn't even be responding to you since you didn't give me anything to respond to. You just bullet-pointed what I previously said and ooga-booga'ed. You call me stupid, but at least I know how to speak in a manner as to convey intelligent meaning, which is more than you can say.