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Cashing in on the ISIS Crisis

• http://truth-out.org-Emily S. and William C.

In case you haven't heard, shock and awe are out in what's increasingly being called either Iraq War 3.0 or — more ominously — Iraq War III. "Persistent and sustainable" are in, according to General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US military's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Why can't our leaders leave bad enough alone and get out of there? One possible explanation is that this apparently eternal battle has more to do with profits than protection.

No matter how pointless these wars prove, America's military-industrial complex makes a killing.

There's always a profit to be skimmed by the makers of cruise missiles and builders of submarines. They stay in the black even when humanity suffers.

But wait. Doesn't the United States lose when these wars inevitably shore up anti-American hatred?

Worrying about that kind of thing isn't really a job for military contractors. Just like the oil, gas, and coal industries, their goal is to grab what they can while the grabbing is good.

America's hired guns and military contractors took a big hit after the last Iraq War wound down. But thanks to the eruption of "the ISIS crisis," the dogs of war in Congress are howling again.


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