Comments on: Isn’t war good for the economy? http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2009/02/20/isnt-war-good-for-the-economy/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:25:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Emergent Culture - CIA Chief Leon Panetta and the Fallacy of “Politically Unbiased Intelligence” http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2009/02/20/isnt-war-good-for-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-168493 Emergent Culture - CIA Chief Leon Panetta and the Fallacy of “Politically Unbiased Intelligence” Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:33:19 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=5324#comment-168493 [...] Isn’t war good for the economy?.....Worried that the US may not find any war(s) big enough to do the trick again? Well turn that frown upside down because I have good news and great news!  First, the good news. [...] [...] Isn’t war good for the economy?…..Worried that the US may not find any war(s) big enough to do the trick again? Well turn that frown upside down because I have good news and great news!  First, the good news. [...]

]]> By: Antiwar.com Blog · Big surprise: money wasted http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2009/02/20/isnt-war-good-for-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-168399 Antiwar.com Blog · Big surprise: money wasted Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:12:51 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=5324#comment-168399 [...] also: Isn’t war good for the economy? That is the Sound of Money Exploding Military Handouts and Financial Aid in Africa A billion here, [...] [...] also: Isn’t war good for the economy? That is the Sound of Money Exploding Military Handouts and Financial Aid in Africa A billion here, [...]

]]> By: Emergent Culture - CIA Chief Leon Panetta and the Fallacy of “Politically Free Intelligence” http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2009/02/20/isnt-war-good-for-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-167939 Emergent Culture - CIA Chief Leon Panetta and the Fallacy of “Politically Free Intelligence” Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:37:52 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=5324#comment-167939 [...] Isn’t war good for the economy?…..Worried that the US may not find any war(s) big enough to do the trick again? Well turn that frown upside down because I have good news and great news!  First, the good news. [...] [...] Isn’t war good for the economy?…..Worried that the US may not find any war(s) big enough to do the trick again? Well turn that frown upside down because I have good news and great news!  First, the good news. [...]

]]> By: Vassili http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2009/02/20/isnt-war-good-for-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-167769 Vassili Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:22:00 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=5324#comment-167769 It seems to me that most people in the US that are driving along that thought path forget that during WWII US were effectively selling this and that to ALL sides in the conflict, keeping their own military participation quite limited. So - selling to parties at war is smart economic policy (even if morally broken). Spending on your own Army... just remember Germany - supposedly after Hitler had built mighty military machine by 1938 or so he was approached by generals that told him - "We need to start the war, or we'll be broke in couple years". So they did. They got as broken as it gets by 1945. It should be understood clearly that effectively USA had appropriated German economy by the way of war fought but USSR, and funded to a great extent by the US. Now - I simply don't see this scenario happening these days. First of all - there is no country that is willing to fight the war on behalf of the US. Only Israel, but it does not seem to work out in any way. There is no other party that is forced to start the war, or else they'd be broken. The only party like that is the US, but.... Russia has enough nuclear warhead and will. The only country that US may invade is China. But once again - Chinese and Russian nuclear weaponry make this very unappealing. US have effectively emulated German behavior of pre 1941 war period, taking control over weak er countries - yet, once again, I would not dare to compare status of Europe under German control, to status of Middle East under US intervention. So... interesting, I hope to live another 20 years to see how it would resolve, since I don't see any probably scenario so far. It seems to me that most people in the US that are driving along that thought path forget that during WWII US were effectively selling this and that to ALL sides in the conflict, keeping their own military participation quite limited.

So – selling to parties at war is smart economic policy (even if morally broken).

Spending on your own Army… just remember Germany – supposedly after Hitler had built mighty military machine by 1938 or so he was approached by generals that told him – “We need to start the war, or we’ll be broke in couple years”. So they did. They got as broken as it gets by 1945.

It should be understood clearly that effectively USA had appropriated German economy by the way of war fought but USSR, and funded to a great extent by the US.

Now – I simply don’t see this scenario happening these days. First of all – there is no country that is willing to fight the war on behalf of the US. Only Israel, but it does not seem to work out in any way. There is no other party that is forced to start the war, or else they’d be broken.

The only party like that is the US, but…. Russia has enough nuclear warhead and will. The only country that US may invade is China. But once again – Chinese and Russian nuclear weaponry make this very unappealing.

US have effectively emulated German behavior of pre 1941 war period, taking control over weak er countries – yet, once again, I would not dare to compare status of Europe under German control, to status of Middle East under US intervention.

So… interesting, I hope to live another 20 years to see how it would resolve, since I don’t see any probably scenario so far.

]]> By: Lear K http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2009/02/20/isnt-war-good-for-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-167750 Lear K Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:34:13 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/?p=5324#comment-167750 If you were at the top! If you were at the top!

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