United States of Lockheed Martin - Blessed Be the Warmakers?

Editor's note: Is it any wonder US defense (offensive description) contractors walked off with half of this $14 trillion. George Bush didn't know anything about foreign policy and Obama's foreign policy was created at Langley. President Trump criticized George Bush's foreign policy suggesting Bush lied about WMDs. People like Bush and Obama don't know the first thing about "foreign policy". They receive their scripts and read off teleprompters. The United States is run by defense contractors most significantly Lockheed Martin (a continuously profitable trajectory). That is some impressive profiteering. Not surprising though considering most American people have absolutely no idea at all what the Pentagon is doing in their name having access to enormous amounts of "fairy dust" magic money. General Joseph Votel, head of the special operations command (SOCOM) characterized the Obama era as a "golden age for special operations." Now this same military being brought back to the US is going to turn on the American people. There is no way the Pentagon or these corporate private financial interests can afford a genuine populist uprising in America. That is why they had to run the January 6th operation. 

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Source: Wall Street Journal

Who Won in Afghanistan? Private Contractors

The U.S. military spent $14 trillion during two decades of war; those who benefited range from major manufacturers to entrepreneurs

By Dion Nissenbaum, Jessica Donati and Alan Cullison | December 31, 2021

The U.S. lost its 20-year campaign to transform Afghanistan. Many contractors won big.

Those who benefited from the outpouring of government money range from major weapons manufacturers to entrepreneurs. A California businessman running a bar in Kyrgyzstan started a fuel business that brought in billions in revenue. A young Afghan translator transformed a deal to provide forces with bed sheets into a business empire including a TV station and a domestic airline.

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