Trump Offers Ukraine Tomahawks: War Profiteering, Redux
The mainstream outlets will dutifully report Trump's 'tough talk' without observing the obvious: this isn't about ending a conflict, it's about escalating a market. Defense contractors like Raytheon (maker of Tomahawks) saw their stock prices surge after the initial invasion. The US government acts as the world's most expensive arms dealer, brokering multi-billion dollar deals, often subsidized by
American taxpayers, that enrich defense industry executives and political donors. One might wonder if the incentive for 'settling' anything truly exists when continued conflict means continued profits. This isn't foreign policy; it's industrial policy, with human lives as the collateral. How many more weapons systems will be 'needed' before a 'settlement' finally looks less profitable?