The Organic Industrial Base and the Risks of Competing Against Ourselves

When I was in middle school, I ate lunch every day with the same group of boys. Most of us brought the same brown-bagged peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, faithfully made by our parents. One boy, however, regularly brought fluffernutter and banana sandwiches.

Before long, curiosity turned into demand, and classmates began paying him fifty cents for the alternative. Our parents still packed peanut butter and jelly — but most went uneaten, discarded unopened into cafeteria trash cans.America’s depots are increasingly becoming the uneaten peanut butter and jelly.The organic industrial base consists of 23 depots and arsenals that provide the The post The Organic Industrial Base and the Risks of Competing Against Ourselves appeared first on War on the Rocks .