With all the talk, pro and con, about the WikiLeaks video “Collateral Murder,” not much attention has come to the company without which the whole operation would be impossible: Boeing.
This excellent video combines Pentagon collateral damage videos with Boeing’s well-known commercial. It would be funny if it wasn’t so sad.
Check out some of the dialog:
“We have a black Bongo truck picking up the bodies, request permission to engage…”
“This is bushmaster 7, roger to engage.”
“I got a wounded girl we need to take to Rustamyah.”
“Well it’s their fault for bringing their kids into battle.”
“That’s right.”
This sort of warfare enables the soldiers to operate like they are in a video game, and they talk like that’s what they are doing.
In 2008 alone, Boeing earned over $31 billion from military contracts.