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9/11 (an incident of mass murder) caused the US to invade Iraq and Afghanistan, surely that sold enough guided missiles, attack helicopters and radar systems to
by ohyes 9y ago
9/11 (an incident of mass murder) caused the US to invade Iraq and Afghanistan, surely that sold enough guided missiles, attack helicopters and radar systems to make the quarterlies for a few years.
It also sold a ton of those bomb search machines and led to a couple of huge wings of the government (NSA and TSA).
Cheney's Haliburton stock being a singular example of this type of violence being beneficial to certain corporate interests.
People with power and money are much more cynical that we'd like to believe.
- dsfyu404ed 9y ago>People with power and money are much more cynical that we'd like to believe. Than you'd like to believe. I have no illusions.
- ohyes 9y agoIndeed, I would personally prefer to live in the world where our leaders are idealists trying to make the world a better place rather than war-profiteers.
- jessaustin 9y agoI'd prefer to live in the world with fewer leaders, each of whose leadership is inflicted on fewer of his fellow human beings.