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Wars a racket wrote US Major General Smetley Butler in 1935.

He explained, a racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it

seems to the majority of the people.

Many a small inside group knows what it's all about.

It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many.

Out of war, a few people make huge fortunes.

General Butler's observation describes the US NATO response to the Ukraine war perfectly.

The propaganda continues to portray the war in Ukraine as that of an unprovoked galaeth

out to decimate an innocent David unless we in the US and NATO contribute massive amounts

of military equipment to Ukraine to defeat Russia.

As is always the case with propaganda, this version of events is manipulated to bring

an emotional response to the benefit of special interests.

One group of special interests profiting massively on the war is the US military industrial

complex.

Raytheon CEO Greg Hayes recently told a meeting of shareholders that, quote, everything

that's being shipped into the Ukraine today, of course, is coming out of the stockpiles,

either at D.O.D. or from our NATO allies.

And that's all great news.

Eventually, we'll have to replenish it and we will see a benefit to our business, those

quote.

He wasn't lying.

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