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There is very little evidence of benefit accruing to anyone who has fought in a modern war.
Private Ryan survived because someone else made sacrifice for him.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 03/03/2024 05:05:56Private Ryan survived because someone else made sacrifice for him.But was he any better off at the end of the war than at the beginning? Survival is not profit.
So war is all about extracting bribes from the invaded population. Not what most people think.
intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food.
selfish desire for food, money, or possessions over and above one's needs.
above one's needs.
Some wars involved genocides, which means no bribe can be extracted; just looting.Some others doesn't seem to involve money, like Trojan war which was fought over a female.Nonetheless, they are still related to greed.
The profits of war always accrue to politicians and their friends, never to the soldiers.
Name any combatant who was substantially better off after a war than he would have been if there had been no war. Out of the 80 - 90 million men who fought in WWII, how many were able to retire on the fortune they amassed? More recently, Halliburton's profits and share price rose substantially thanks to the invasion of Iraq. How much of that money found its way into the pockets of the fighters?
Lawsuits are piling up against Trinity Industries, a company that makes highway guardrails that are killing American drivers.
Since the stealing and looting are illegal in their homeland, as well as anywhere else, I guess they just want to keep silent.
Corporate Greed Is Killing American DriversQuoteLawsuits are piling up against Trinity Industries, a company that makes highway guardrails that are killing American drivers.
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Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 06/03/2024 05:28:01Since the stealing and looting are illegal in their homeland, as well as anywhere else, I guess they just want to keep silent.Space is limited on troop transports, and the military police, at least in civilised countries, take a dim view of looting at source. So how did Joe or Tommy, or even Ivan (in the days when the Red Army was fighting for a just cause) manage to hide the car he stole and bring it back home? And was it worth the loss of a leg and a brother? The "spoils of war" rarely amount to much more than syphilis and malaria.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 06/03/2024 06:23:22Corporate Greed Is Killing American DriversQuoteLawsuits are piling up against Trinity Industries, a company that makes highway guardrails that are killing American drivers.I wouldn't blame corporate greed in the UK (though I have no doubt that a Minister's brother makes money from every change in legislation) so much as European stupidity in replacing hedges and gravel with steel barriers on British highways.
Rare is not never.