Do you suppose that the profits made from war is greater than the Nat'l War Debt?

Question

Consider the business contracts for clothing, vehicles, weapons, food, eyeglasses, medicine, fuels, bandages, tobacco, pencils, computers, socks, soda pop, candy, dental parts, protheics, rubber gloves, cots, tents, armour, binocculars, wrenches, hammers, etc.

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Answer 1

I think corporations such as Haliburton (but also many others) anticipated that they would make a lot more money "rebuilding" and "modernizing" Iraq. At that time they thought this would consist of owing or running Iraqi state owned businesses that had been privatized; modernizing the infrastructure, and then developing new, American type businesses in Iraq. Instead they have spent their resources on security, which offers no long term profits.

If you haven't seen it, you might be interested in Robert Greenwald's new movie, Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers. The website below tells a lot about it!