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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts)
Wed Dec 14, 2011, 09:40 AM Dec 2011

Why?

M16A1s, c-rats,
Punji sticks, POWs
B-52 strikes, Tet
Helicopters, SPADs
Agent Orange, cluster bombs
Napalm
Search and Destroy, Vietnamization

Fast forward

Shock and Awe, Get R Done
These colors don’t run
WMD lies, Fallujah
Basrah, Tikrit
Kabul, Helmand
B-2s, drones
Night raids, burn pits
Depleted uranium, Willie Pete
MREs, MRAPs
IEDs, Abu Ghraib
Torture, Terror

Lockheed Martin, L3
SAIC, Raytheon
Northrup Gumman, General Dynamics
Boeing, KBR
BAE, IBM
CACI, DynCcorp
Honeywell, General Electric
Bectell, General Atomics

Nobel Peace Prize
Iraq, Afghanistan
Pakistan, Libya
Djibouti, Somalia
Yemen, Uganda
South Sudan

Death, Dismemberment
Destruction

Why?

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Why? (Original Post) unhappycamper Dec 2011 OP
Why? Cal Carpenter Dec 2011 #1
$$$$$$$$$$$ FarLeftFist Dec 2011 #2
its what we do best, non partisan killing of humans spanone Dec 2011 #3
somebody's makin' moooooooooneeeeeeeeeey................ piratefish08 Dec 2011 #4
If you don't use the bombs, then you don't need to make more bombs liberal N proud Dec 2011 #5
For profit. mmonk Dec 2011 #6
you forgot "Kick their ass and take their gas!" Motown_Johnny Dec 2011 #7

liberal N proud

(60,298 posts)
5. If you don't use the bombs, then you don't need to make more bombs
Wed Dec 14, 2011, 10:16 AM
Dec 2011

Simple economics of supply and demand, you must create the demand so you can supply the demand.

The military industrial complex has this figured out, why can't they seem to apply the same principle to constructive side of economics, create a demand and then you will have to supply it. Replacing roads and bridges would be a good way to start.

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