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What's the Lobby for Peace?
David Frum: I think that Washington is wired for war in part because there's a huge lobby for it, for all these defense contractors. He says the single biggest thing that will prevent nuclear war is the inflation that we're feeling. And if they hold the line and take interest rates to 4%, 5%, he says, "it becomes extremely expensive next to impossible to finance military adventurism abroad" Dr. Frum: People want to try to make this issue and put it on the table. But you understand that these folks don't say it's a 90% likelihood. They go from 1% to 25%.