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Having a son in the army who endured multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, I thought Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Wolfowitz should have gone to jail. Lying about the need for war is obviously a long tradition in this country. The military personnel, who rendered honorable service to the country and all the innocent civilians who …
Having a son in the army who endured multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, I thought Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Wolfowitz should have gone to jail. Lying about the need for war is obviously a long tradition in this country. The military personnel, who rendered honorable service to the country and all the innocent civilians who were killed or maimed were just the cost of doing business for the war profiteers. There are always profiteers in war. To make plans to invade a country and confiscate their natural resources is a war crime. A crime of epic proportions. My son became an instrument of foreign policy. He and thousands of others were sent to invade and shoot at people with whom they had no argument. The real motives for those wars were greed and a thirst for power. Maybe Karma is coming back around for the US. What goes around comes back around.
One of those industries that's keeping your current unemployment rate so low is the activity around the military-industrial complex. They are behind much of what you call "war profiteering". Human lives are insignificant to them - just look at the current Ukraine situation - it's a playground for them to try out their weapons and ammo. And Taiwan is next - the visits by Pelosi and the delegates who are there now are setting the stage for the next conflict, make no mistake. They're a powerful force in today's world, the military machine.