This is a manifestation of the power of the military-industrial complex warned by President Eisenhower in his farewell speech.
DuPont manufactured 40% of the munitions used by the Allies in WW1 and saw its sales increase tenfold by the end of the war. They manufactured nylon used in parachutes in WW2. They held a controlling interest in General Motors until the U.S. Justice Department forced divestment under antitrust laws.
Dow Chemical sold napalm used by the U.S. Defense Department in Korea and Vietnam and the defoliant Agent Orange employed against the Vietcong and made huge profits for its shareholders in the process.
It is estimated 800,000 M-16 rifles manufactured by Colt Industries were left behind after the fall of Saigon in 1975
General Dynamics built the F-111 fighter/bomber used in Vietnam and later the XM-1 Abrams battle tank deployed in Iraq.
Boeing created the F-15 Eagle fighter/bomber in the 1970s that was sold in large numbers to both Israel and Saudi Arabia. Israel also received shipments of French Mirage and U.S.-built F-4 Phantom jets. Saudi Arabia got the AWACS air defense system from the U.S.
America, NATO allies in Western Europe, and Russia are all financially dependent on the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East - just as they previously were in WW1 and WW2 and the Far East. It is estimated that the cost of armed conflict in the Middle East since 1991 has been 10 trillion dollars.
Those arms manufacturers who had been termed the "merchants of death" by early commentators actually employ many thousands of American workers and create vast profits for shareholders. Without defense contractors like Northrup Grumman, Bell Helicopter, Raytheon, United Technologies, Fairchild, and others coupled with the vast market for their products in the Middle East - the U.S. would be in a worse economic position.
Does the U.S. government or the defense contracting establishment have a compelling interest in seeing Middle East peace in far away places such as Yemen where there exists a corresponding economic benefit of billions of dollars in revenues from this war materiel and the diplomatic goodwill of allies such as Saudi Arabia?
Where would the military-industrial complex be without the financial benefit of the wars of the preceding 100 years?
This is a manifestation of the power of the military-industrial complex warned by President Eisenhower in his farewell speech.
DuPont manufactured 40% of the munitions used by the Allies in WW1 and saw its sales increase tenfold by the end of the war. They manufactured nylon used in parachutes in WW2. They held a controlling interest in General Motors until the U.S. Justice Department forced divestment under antitrust laws.
Dow Chemical sold napalm used by the U.S. Defense Department in Korea and Vietnam and the defoliant Agent Orange employed against the Vietcong and made huge profits for its shareholders in the process.
It is estimated 800,000 M-16 rifles manufactured by Colt Industries were left behind after the fall of Saigon in 1975
General Dynamics built the F-111 fighter/bomber used in Vietnam and later the XM-1 Abrams battle tank deployed in Iraq.
Boeing created the F-15 Eagle fighter/bomber in the 1970s that was sold in large numbers to both Israel and Saudi Arabia. Israel also received shipments of French Mirage and U.S.-built F-4 Phantom jets. Saudi Arabia got the AWACS air defense system from the U.S.
America, NATO allies in Western Europe, and Russia are all financially dependent on the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East - just as they previously were in WW1 and WW2 and the Far East. It is estimated that the cost of armed conflict in the Middle East since 1991 has been 10 trillion dollars.
Those arms manufacturers who had been termed the "merchants of death" by early commentators actually employ many thousands of American workers and create vast profits for shareholders. Without defense contractors like Northrup Grumman, Bell Helicopter, Raytheon, United Technologies, Fairchild, and others coupled with the vast market for their products in the Middle East - the U.S. would be in a worse economic position.
Does the U.S. government or the defense contracting establishment have a compelling interest in seeing Middle East peace in far away places such as Yemen where there exists a corresponding economic benefit of billions of dollars in revenues from this war materiel and the diplomatic goodwill of allies such as Saudi Arabia?
Where would the military-industrial complex be without the financial benefit of the wars of the preceding 100 years?