'advance through my course' gah, i'm almost completed. I refuse to get drawn into a slanging match, but I will limit myself to a few comments.
They will prove 9bn in security, because that is how much they are worth.
It is impossible to protect a state with information and Special Forces. Which is what you seem to be saying.
'Security' is NOT in any way shape or form the same as investing to win one particular war, is is much much broader, so yes, they will provide security, along with EVERYTHING ELSE.
