Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, The American Conservative, November 19: The armed security contractor in Iraq makes an appearance on the collective American radar only when events get so ugly they won’t go away: the charred bodies of four Blackwater guards swinging from a Fallujah bridge in 2004, the 17 civilians reportedly killed by Blackwater men in…
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Bombing, Zionist-style
The love affair between Israel and America continues: The US Congress on Friday approved the purchase of weapons and technological systems from Israel’s defense industries for $700 million. The advanced technological products will be acquired as part of the American security budget for the coming year to be used by US forces in Iraq and…
Death is a small price to pay for profits
The war on terrorism is wonderful business: Arms manufacturers are making record profits from the war on terrorism and unprecedented spending on weapons programs. The massive earnings have drawn condemnation from Australian defence experts, who say expensive weapons such as jet fighters, warships and satellites are not the way to combat terrorism. The world’s biggest…
Killing for a good cause (ie. money)
The global arms industry likes to grease the corridors of power: The US arms industry is backing Hillary Clinton for President and has all but abandoned its traditional allies in the Republican party. Mrs Clinton has also emerged as Wall Street’s favourite. Investment bankers have opened their wallets in unprecedented numbers for the New York…