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eridani

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Fri Jan 1, 2016, 03:25 AM Jan 2016

Military Contractors Caught On Tape Bragging About Future Profits From War On ISIS

http://www.occupydemocrats.com/military-contractors-caught-on-tape-bragging-about-future-profits-from-war-on-isis/

A secretly recorded speech at a Credit Suisse investor conference reveals that the arms manufacturers and defense contractors of America are applauding the escalation of conflicts in the Middle East, salivating at the thought of the profits to be made by pumping the region full of dangerous and expensive military materiel. Top executives from Lockheed Martin (the designer of the much-maligned and exorbitantly expensive F-35 fighter jet program), Oshkosh (producer of infantry fighting vehicles) and Raytheon (producer of cruise missiles and electronic warfare devices) all gathered to celebrate the apparently imminent escalation of the US bombing campaign against Daesh (ISIS/ISIL), the intrusion of Russian forces into the Syrian Civil War and the Saudi Arabian bombing campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

They congratulated each other for convincing Congressional Republicans to allot the Department of Defense $607 billion dollars, knowing that the bulk of that money would go to them: “budget-wise, our programs are well supported. We think we did very well. It’s great to have that [budget] deal done, and to have greater certainty, that benefits ourselves.” Within the past week, Lockheed Martin has already been given a $279 million contract to finish their fourth Freedom-class littoral (shallow water) warship, the USS Cooperstown, $302 million for the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile program, a $940 million contract for maintaining Sikorsky helicopters, and yet another $49.1 million for “ship integration” of the Aegis missile defense system.
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Military Contractors Caught On Tape Bragging About Future Profits From War On ISIS (Original Post) eridani Jan 2016 OP
Sounds like this 2naSalit Jan 2016 #1
Erect bogeymen, wave flag, cheer the troops, rake in the dough. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2016 #2
Satan was the guest Speaker!!! Lostnote Jan 2016 #3
I mentioned this in one of the Top 10s. Fucking psychos! Initech Jan 2016 #4
Welcome to the machine. Cassiopeia Jan 2016 #5
The more things change...... sick fucks. cali Jan 2016 #6
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