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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 dont 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?
Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)Capitalism.
Money and power. 'Growth'.
That's why.
FarLeftFist
(6,161 posts)spanone
(135,630 posts)piratefish08
(3,133 posts)liberal N proud
(60,298 posts)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.