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dougolat

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4. The profit motive steers a lot of war decisions

Reply to Galraedia (Original post)

Sun Sep 23, 2012, 01:07 PM

Sep 2012

Eisenhower warned us in his parting talk, see "Why We Fight"
To gear up for WW2, the captains of industry were put in the driver's seat, and it worked wonders, but after 1946 they remained.
Now, they own media, PACs, thinktanks, and half of the US budget.

War Profiteering- It's not just for emergencies any more.

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So these fuckers killed over 58,000 of my comrades and perhaps two million Vietnamese for profits... Scuba Sep 2012 #1

These 1% 'ers own and control the courts and legislature - They will never be held accountable! cantbeserious Sep 2012 #2

As I read this, the first thing that came to mind was Frustratedlady Sep 2012 #3

Yep, that's really all it's about, when it comes down to it .... Myrina Sep 2012 #6

It's called borderline. defacto7 Sep 2012 #8

The profit motive steers a lot of war decisions dougolat Sep 2012 #4

So who would Romney be in cahoots with? Turbineguy Sep 2012 #5

The fundamentalists who actually want WWIII defacto7 Sep 2012 #9

Ah yes.... Turbineguy Sep 2012 #12

That further supports my theory Hydra Sep 2012 #7

probably not. defacto7 Sep 2012 #10

LBJ did us no favor by keeping on lid on that. yurbud Sep 2012 #11