Oh, noomie! You know I'se yo' Fool!

Didja fergit what the hypothesis was? It was "ECONOMICS IS THE MAIN MOTIVATION FOR MILITARY INTERVENTIONS" (yeah, all caps so's we wouldn't misunderstand), not "economics is the main motivation for some military interventions". That right there sets a bar purty dang high, doncha think?

A little ol' list a military contractors don't mean twit. Onless yer havin' some confirmation bias, then it's probly God's own word!

You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller