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Civilization2

(649 posts)
82. actually,. MANY people say the same thing.., War is for profit!
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 10:01 AM
Aug 2013

10 companies profiting most from war -War has been called the parent of armies, which are a root of debt and taxes. But armed conflict is profitable for those who supply the weapons.
http://money.msn.com/investing/10-companies-profiting-most-from-war


Ending War for Profit -It is a systemic problem for a democracy to link corporate profits and war-making, and it has metastasized as this war has been increasingly privatized (there are now more contractors than soldiers in Iraq). Good small-d democrats need to keep watch on current legislation, hold our representatives accountable and and demand that they take bolder action to bring this system to an end.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/29/4200


War, Profit, and the State -The state is the health of war
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/molyneux.php?articleid=8468


Global Arms Sales By Supplier Nations -The 5 UN Security Council permanent members are generally the largest arms dealers (though others such as Germany often feature quite high - higher than China for example):
http://www.globalissues.org/article/74/the-arms-trade-is-big-business

Just a few,. . try "google search" it takes keyword and returns articles.

Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #1
Wow, when there are so many other places where they could invest their money Supersedeas Aug 2013 #3
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #4
And.......the bankers created the International Monetary Fund dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 #2
+1 woo me with science Aug 2013 #11
yes think of emergency manager questionseverything Aug 2013 #92
That is some deep shit there... snooper2 Aug 2013 #5
The guy who wrote this is an Anti-semitic 911 truther nt Mosby Aug 2013 #6
On PressTV? Say it ain't so! RZM Aug 2013 #7
I see from his site he is a 9/11 truther,. I have no problem with that. Civilization2 Aug 2013 #14
Kevin Barrett runs a site call "Muslims for 9/11 Truth"... SidDithers Aug 2013 #25
I am not promoting anything I posted an article that make some points I would like to debate,. Civilization2 Aug 2013 #31
Fine, you stand by Kevin Barrett as a source... SidDithers Aug 2013 #32
ah, so he's one of those "it's teh joooos behind it all" folks. thanks for info on the sourse Sid. dionysus Aug 2013 #99
Maybe... but he's not the only person in the world who thinks annabanana Aug 2013 #61
k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Aug 2013 #8
This is the kind of crap that makes DU embarassing. sufrommich Aug 2013 #9
FOX CNN MSNBC etc. are the propagandists of the corporate-state,. your point? Civilization2 Aug 2013 #12
You're ashamed of this forum? David__77 Aug 2013 #27
You're not embarrassed to be associated with Holocaust denial? nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #55
It is a bankers' war on Syria,. Civilization2 Aug 2013 #74
So say the Holocaust denying assholes, but no one else, nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #76
actually,. MANY people say the same thing.., War is for profit! Civilization2 Aug 2013 #82
Funny, they're not talking about banks. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #83
+1 JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #91
What a pants load! zappaman Aug 2013 #10
Attack the source since the message is to difficult to refute? Civilization2 Aug 2013 #13
I don't respond to anti-semites like the author of this BULLSHIT. n/t zappaman Aug 2013 #15
They've even hosted white nationalist writing. It's crap. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2013 #17
The OP obviously doesn't care. zappaman Aug 2013 #18
Seems that way. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2013 #19
It should be locked. zappaman Aug 2013 #20
Me either. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2013 #21
Do you have any comment on the article that is posted? Or do you just like to attack the publisher? Civilization2 Aug 2013 #22
I dont hate people from Iran...I hate Anti-Semites like this fuck who wrote the article. zappaman Aug 2013 #23
Ok cant you provide a LINK to this hate speech? Where is this "record" he is on? Civilization2 Aug 2013 #24
Oh, you're still defending this swine? zappaman Aug 2013 #43
Exactly...nt SidDithers Aug 2013 #47
Check post #28 on this thread leftynyc Aug 2013 #39
Why should anyone "be embarrassed" for linking to information? Civilization2 Aug 2013 #40
For thinking this source leftynyc Aug 2013 #41
You're not linking to information, your advancing the agenda of a Holocaust denier. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #52
Correct the author of this "article" is a anti-Semitic piece of garbage maddezmom Aug 2013 #63
So because Stormfront only has "information" that site is ok here? Really? nt hack89 Aug 2013 #96
It won't be, unless Skinner steps in again... SidDithers Aug 2013 #26
you don't think the good folks at RT and PressTV have our best interests in mind, comrade zappaman? dionysus Aug 2013 #98
The message is nutty too. Go sit next to geek tragedy Aug 2013 #33
Saddam, Gaddaffi have been rolled RobertEarl Aug 2013 #16
More quality writing from Kevin Barrett... SidDithers Aug 2013 #28
More from Barrett... SidDithers Aug 2013 #29
More from Barret's site, Muslims for 9/11 Truth... SidDithers Aug 2013 #30
dude you have issues,. Civilization2 Aug 2013 #34
Upthread, you went on and on about "but where is the anti-semitic posts"... SidDithers Aug 2013 #35
actually I asked because I was curious,. but I am not really offended by anything you have provided. Civilization2 Aug 2013 #36
You're not offended that he's promoting the idea that Israel was responsible for 9/11?... SidDithers Aug 2013 #37
The OP isn't offended that the author is a Holocaust denier. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #54
None of what you claim is in the OP or the article it links to,. the rest is on you. Civilization2 Aug 2013 #71
You post nutjob conspiracy theories with zero evidence written by Jew-hating geek tragedy Aug 2013 #73
You make wild claims and nothing more,. no debate of the OP or article,. . fail. Civilization2 Aug 2013 #77
You are a troll. Good riddance in advance to your bigoted ass nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #79
Why are you pushing this POS meme here. On edit....thank you admin! maddezmom Aug 2013 #84
The OP claims that an international cabal of bankers sufrommich Aug 2013 #81
And 14 DUers rec this piece of crap OP...nt SidDithers Aug 2013 #88
17 have rec'ed so far. zappaman Aug 2013 #93
18 and counting--even after the OP got tombstoned, people geek tragedy Aug 2013 #101
GD hosts think conspiracy theories and articles by anti-semites are a-ok... zappaman Aug 2013 #103
Buck up Civil.... sgtbenobo Aug 2013 #94
He can't reply maddezmom Aug 2013 #95
More from Barrett... SidDithers Aug 2013 #38
Kevin Barrett - Syria chemical mayhem: Another Israeli false-flag? SidDithers Aug 2013 #42
Kick SecularMotion Aug 2013 #44
Kevin Barrett's idea of humour... SidDithers Aug 2013 #45
Kick for exposure of what a piece of shit the author of the article is. zappaman Aug 2013 #46
Sadly, this sounds more and more plausible every day. annabanana Aug 2013 #48
The author is a Holocaust denier. You should be embarrassed. nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #50
Is he the ONLY ONE who thinks banksters are driving annabanana Aug 2013 #60
Bankers hate war. Sorry to burst the bubble, but bankers absolutely geek tragedy Aug 2013 #62
They win no matter who dies. annabanana Aug 2013 #69
You're talking about the MIC and Haliburton, not banks. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #75
I know.....the MIC has nothing to do with banks. annabanana Aug 2013 #78
Kevin Barrett quote: "I used to believe in 'the Holocaust'" geek tragedy Aug 2013 #49
The article posted is about WAR and BANKERS,. any link? mostly about a book by John Perkins,. . Civilization2 Aug 2013 #51
Yeah because your fellow Holocaust denyingpigs never talk about international banking conspiracies. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #53
Ok thanks for the input,. Any comments on the article I posted? Can you debate, or merely yell? Civilization2 Aug 2013 #56
The article is wild speculation from a crazy person. nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #57
Yeah, 'cause international banking CTs are never about The Jooz!... SidDithers Aug 2013 #58
Remember the days when Willis Carto rags would get cited here as news sources? geek tragedy Aug 2013 #59
Yep.I think some here are well aware of that sufrommich Aug 2013 #64
Not an accident that the conspiracy loons happen to be the ones who geek tragedy Aug 2013 #66
Agree.Most conspiracies eventually lead back sufrommich Aug 2013 #68
Exactly... SidDithers Aug 2013 #97
Buyer Beware: Veterans Today and its Anti-Israel Agenda maddezmom Aug 2013 #70
Yup.. SidDithers Aug 2013 #80
it is a job to annabanana Aug 2013 #65
Barrett is self-discrediting for any sane person nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #67
granted. not my point, however.... n/t annabanana Aug 2013 #72
Thank you EarlG... SidDithers Aug 2013 #85
Back to Stormfront for that one. nt sufrommich Aug 2013 #87
Indeed. Virtual beer for him on my tab nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #89
Second That, Sir The Magistrate Aug 2013 #90
sleep well, sweet, sweet prince... dionysus Aug 2013 #100
Wow interesting article! gopiscrap Aug 2013 #86
what's interesting about it ? JI7 Aug 2013 #102
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