I agree; to latch onto your comment, the last time (AFAIK, my history is not great) the US made sweeping changes to its production was during WW2, where they changed the economy and shifted the workforce towards the war, producing weapons, ammo, etc.
On the one side it's a testament to the US' potential manufacturing prowess, on the other you have to wonder about the moral justification of it. If you take it out of context, of course, I mean they and the rest of the world were fighting some of the most morally objectionable forces at the time (the nazis and Japanese).
As an aside, the way things are heading now, the world will have to unite against the US. At least for now the US seems to keep to itself for the most part.
On the one side it's a testament to the US' potential manufacturing prowess, on the other you have to wonder about the moral justification of it. If you take it out of context, of course, I mean they and the rest of the world were fighting some of the most morally objectionable forces at the time (the nazis and Japanese).
As an aside, the way things are heading now, the world will have to unite against the US. At least for now the US seems to keep to itself for the most part.