We need to talk about what bombs do in war. Bombs shred flesh. Bombs shatter bones. Bombs dismember. Bombs cause brains, lungs, and other organs to shake so violently they bleed, rupture, and cease functioning. Bombs injure. Bombs kill. Bombs destroy.Bombs also make people rich.When a bomb explodes, someone profits. And when someone profits, bombs claim more unseen victims.
“Who Won in Afghanistan? Private Contractors” was the Wall Street Journal‘s all too apt headline in 2021.Endless Wars, Endless Death, Endless Destruction“Afghanistan” in that headline could have been replaced by Korea, Vietnam, or Iraq, among other seemingly endless U.S. wars since World War II. That the MIC has profited off them is no coincidence.
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