World Bank Counts Dollars, Forgets Bombs' Origins
This figure, however, glosses over an inconvenient truth: the architects of that destruction. While the World Bank tallies the cost, it rarely publicizes the arms dealers or geopolitics that fueled a decade of war. The US, for instance, spent billions funding various groups in Syria, contributing directly to the very devastation now requiring billions more in 'reconstruction'. One might wonder if
the same corporations that manufactured the bombs also stand to profit from the concrete bids. The narrative omits the war profiteers and the intricate dance of international interventions that left a nation in ruins. It's almost as if some prefer to forget the origin of the rubble when the reconstruction contracts are being handed out.