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In reply to the discussion: Funny thing about drone warfare--when you blow up people's families, [View all]RKP5637
(67,031 posts)1. And, it was good business for the MIC, all of the $$$$$ spent. Are we a nation of peace or a
nation of war for profit?
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Jackpine Radical
Feb 2013
OP
And, it was good business for the MIC, all of the $$$$$ spent. Are we a nation of peace or a
RKP5637
Feb 2013
#1
It's surely our nations' biggest business investment. Everything else comes secondary to the MIC.n/t
RKP5637
Feb 2013
#10
First we bombed Iraq, then terrorized their people (a la the buildup to the massacre at Fallujah)
loudsue
Feb 2013
#3
This is extremely well said. Too bad messages like yours don't reach the masses rather than lame
RKP5637
Feb 2013
#28
My point is that physically invading a country results in many more civilian deaths.
randome
Feb 2013
#13
I'm saying that the mutuality of the messiness of conventional warfare
Jackpine Radical
Feb 2013
#15
Good point, the core question is, "...why not debate the reason we are in other countries in the
RKP5637
Feb 2013
#16
wars are/historically have been almost always about resources of the non-human kind
stupidicus
Feb 2013
#19
The ingrates don't realize that we're killing their families for their own good.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#22
The MIC requires a permanent war budget. Also, Afghanistan has poppies
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#45