The big arms manufacturers profit enormously from wars and other armed conflicts, athough never acknowledged by U.S. political leaders.
In fact, without continuous and prolonged warfare that requires the deployment of their guns, bombs, tanks, warships and submarines, they would go out of business.
The American military budget is $886 billion. It is four times more than China’s military budget, and 10 times bigger than Russia’s budget. In total, the United States spends more on “defense” than the next nine countries combined.
Is it defending democracy, our freedom, weapon of mass destruction. or human rights?May be it is feeding the beast within ....
Sad and true
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