Quote Originally Posted by BuffaloJohn View Post
Better than one alternative - start another war to use it up...
How about finish the war at hand, or fight a war to win, or use it for training, sell the surplus to our allies. It is not just munitions either. the destruction extends to every type of tactical equipment and weapons platforms. When I first arrived in Kuwait there were ships waiting in the gulf filled with US Military equipment shipped over from National guard units of every state and deployed units from Europe. Much of it was unloaded and driven or hauled directly to the several square kilometers of scrap yards to be cut up. Not all but significant percentage of the equipment wound up that way.