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    11 months ago

    We need allies to justify, enable and support our military presence in this vital region.

    …which is for profit from the oil and other materials in the region. War also lets them divert more of their resources into the military industrial complex. In that sense, the trillions of dollars used in the military during the Afganistan war was a net positive for the military corporations too; human lives be damned.

    It all boils down to profit under capitalism.