By Art Jones
Thinking about this “war” matter a bit more, I had to ask: “Who stands to benefit from the present conflict?” The answer: Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrup-Grumman and many more companies– all of which will benefit from the bloodshed in both the Russia-Ukraine and the Israel-Palestine conflicts.
All of the above are huge American munitions manufacturers. They make the guns, bullets, rocket launchers, jeeps, tanks, uniforms, drones, jets, helicopters and even supply the food, water and latrines to both sides where possible. War is extremely profitable for gun runners.
Newspapers, magazine and television broadcasters likewise experience a swell in subscribers, as readers purchase and subscribe to their war-related content. Who cares about whether a few Jews and Muslims get jumped, stabbed and even shot by the angry furor this constant barrage of nonstop media coverage produces.
Man, there is a lot of money to be made. And the lost lives are just a part of the price of doing business.
We’ll call it “collateral damage.” Great marketing phrase– takes the sting out of the loss of innocent lives. We’ll highlight each such occurrence to harden divisions between people and sell even more newspapers, keep citizens glued to their TVs, and build greater ratings so that we can charge advertisers even more money.
With the colossal profits we can buy more politicians– Democrats, Republicans and Independents. It does not matter. Moral testicular fortitude is sorely lacking when it comes to dealing with these grown men in suits and ties who behave like bickering preschoolers in the halls of Congress.
And that guy occupying the oval office? My, what a gem. We were afraid that he would step in as referee, mediate negotiations to lower tensions and ensure the return of the hostages taken on Oct. 7. He could have made the saving of human lives of paramount concern. The safe return of hostages could have been his prime focus. This crisis could have been an opportunity to orchestrate the beginnings of a real peace in the Middle East.
But, given America’s addiction to war, he did exactly as predicted.
Damn! War is great for munitions manufacturers, media outlets, banks, finance and insurance companies– Congress and presidents!
Unabashed capitalism, devoid of any shred of morality, is great for business!
And the beat goes on…
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