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snot

(10,529 posts)
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 03:02 AM Nov 2015

How Arms Manufacturers Are Already Profiting from the Paris Attacks

Last edited Sat Nov 21, 2015, 03:33 AM - Edit history (1)

{Rough transcript from Democracy Now:} "Stock Prices of Weapons Manufacturers Soaring Since the [Paris] Attack . . . .

{Greenwald:} "Instantly, if you look at the charts of the leading weapons manufacturers . . . straight up vertical line . . . even as the rest of the market was flat or up very slightly . . . . every time there's a terrorist attack, Western leaders exploit it to do more wars, which in turn means they transfer huge amounts of taxpayers' money to these corporations that sell arms. . . . investors are fully aware that the main people who are going to benefit are not the people of the West or the people of Syria but the military-industrial complex."

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{Amy Goodman:} " . . . US signing one massive arms deal after another with Saudi Arabia."

{Greenwald:} "The weirdest part of the war on terror is, one county most identified with the 911 attacks, which happens to be the second closest ally of the US in that region, Saudia Arabia, which was not only responsible for lots of parts of Al Qaeda are funding ISIS as well, yet we continue to hug them while waging war on countries that have never had anything to do with attacks on our country."

{Amy Goodman:} " . . . submissive media role is key."

Video at https://www.facebook.com/democracynow/videos/10153685917513279/ .

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How Arms Manufacturers Are Already Profiting from the Paris Attacks (Original Post) snot Nov 2015 OP
Even gungeoneers have been absent lately. Guess they are cleaning their lethal weapons and Hoyt Nov 2015 #1
And the wheel goes round and round Ichingcarpenter Nov 2015 #2
Reaping the 'profits' of a terrorist attack is as ghoulish as participating in one ck4829 Nov 2015 #3
Re: Arms Deals (MIC) Stocks Ghost Dog Nov 2015 #4
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
1. Even gungeoneers have been absent lately. Guess they are cleaning their lethal weapons and
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 03:12 AM
Nov 2015

practicing at the range, buying ammo too.

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
2. And the wheel goes round and round
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 04:12 AM
Nov 2015





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The Life of a Bullet ...

From the film War Lord
the introduction
well worth the three mins.







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