These are good times to be an arms maker. Not only are tens of billions of dollars in new military spending headed for the coffers of this country’s largest weapons contractors, but they’re being praised as defenders of freedom and democracy, thanks to their role in arming Ukraine to fight the Russians.

Source: Arsenal of Autocracy? | Portside

Arms Industry Sees Ukraine Conflict as an Opportunity, Not a Crisis

In February, a photograph of Russian President Vladimir Putin sitting hunched over a 13-foot table with French President Emmanuel Macron circulated the globe. News about their sprawling table and sumptuous seven-course dinner was reminiscent of a Lewis Carroll story. But their meeting was deadly serious. Macron arrived to discuss the escalating crisis in Ukraine and threat of war.

Source: Arms Industry Sees Ukraine Conflict as an Opportunity, Not a Crisis | Portside

The US Military, Post-Afghanistan

What’s even easier to see is that peace will be given no chance at all. Why? Because it’s just not in the interests of America’s deeply influential military-congressional-industrial complex.

Source: The US Military, Post-Afghanistan – CounterPunch.org

Forever wars

On average US-led airstrikes have killed more than 1,000 civilians a year since 2001 pic.twitter.com/r3kwDO1Wim

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U.S. Wars, Endless Wars: Will They Ever End? –

The war in Afghanistan is finally over. After 20 long years of a false war against alleged “terrorism,” the U.S.’s bloated and inept

Source: U.S. Wars, Endless Wars: Will They Ever End? – CounterPunch.org

Shocker: Military-industrial complex doesn’t want wars to end

The ignominious end to the US war in Afghanistan has exposed 20 years of lies from former generals, elected officials, and defense contractors who profited off the war, so why is the media still letting them shape the narrative?

Source: Shocker: Military-industrial complex doesn’t want wars to end

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Two trillion dollars for war versus $100 billion to save Earth

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