Newsweek Discovers Peace Talk Potential is 'Thrown Into Question'
Newsweek reports that Trump's 'surprise call with Putin' throws Ukraine aid 'into question.' The implication here is that direct diplomatic engagement, rather than continuous proxy warfare, is inherently destabilizing. What's truly destabilizing, and conveniently unmentioned, is the decades-long pattern of escalating tensions by powerful lobbyists and defense contractors who profit handsomely from
endless conflict. Just last year, Lockheed Martin reported over $67.5 billion in net sales, fueled in no small part by the very military aid Newsweek is so worried might be disrupted. One might wonder if the real 'question' being raised is whether the U.S. could accidentally stumble into peace, thereby cutting off the steady flow of taxpayer dollars to arms manufacturers and their political
patrons. Because, clearly, talking to antagonists is far more dangerous than perpetually funding a war that shows no sign of ending, all while 'aid' packages disproportionately benefit military contractors, not necessarily the people on the ground.