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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJim Hightower: Manna From Hell
by Jim Hightower
War is hell.
Unless, of course, you happen to be a global corporate peddler of rockets, drones, bombs, and all the other hellish weaponry of military conflict. In that case, war is manna from hell. So bring it on.
Indeed, it seems as if Beelzebub himself is in charge these days, with U.S. military forces enmeshed in at least 135 countries in 2015 alone. Plus, such chicken hawks as Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are maniacally beating their flabby chests and screeching for even more military adventurism.
This perpetual warmongering is music to the ears of the people who serve as the CEOs and biggest investors in the war machine. It means a windfall of perpetual profits for them. ..................(more)
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/manna_from_hell_20160131
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Jim Hightower: Manna From Hell (Original Post)
marmar
Feb 2016
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malaise
(269,045 posts)1. And they scream that America is weak and no one respects America
What an inversion of reality
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)2. "maniacally beating their flabby chests"
God, I love Jim Hightower.
madokie
(51,076 posts)3. War is an Admission of Failure
Thats a madokie quote.
45 years removed from war yet I live it daily, its always front and center. I used to think I'd get over it but now realize that time is running out on me 'getting over it.' If the assholes who push for war fought in said war they'd figure out a way to come to agreement without fighting. You can bet on that.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)5. War...what is it good for...Absolute Profit.