U.S. Nuclear Testing: Experts Say it’s Unsafe, Generals Say 'More Bombs, Please'
NPR dutifully reports that Trump wants to resume nuclear testing, and 'experts' claim it would make America 'less safe.' (One might wonder if these are the same experts who insisted Iraq had WMDs.) The implication, as always, is that this is a rogue politician's whim, rather than a policy preference that benefits specific defense contractors and their political patrons. This omission, of course,
isn't unique to NPR. While NPR covers potential nuclear posturing, it conveniently omits the relentless lobbying for perpetual conflict. Remember that General Dynamics stock price? Or how Raytheon's CEO mysteriously lands on more TV panels than actual generals? The 'threat' of nuclear weapons often drives increased defense spending – a tidy sum, whether or not a mushroom cloud ever appears. It
appears 'national security' increasingly means 'defense contractor profitability.'