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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Thu Jul 13, 2017, 09:50 AM Jul 2017

War for Profit

This is dangerous.

Betsy DeVos Invested In Military Tech Contractor Run By Son-In-Law, While Brother Shaped Afghan War Policy

Prince, who founded the security firm Blackwater Worldwide and now leads Frontier Resource Group, wasn’t just using the pages of the Wall Street Journal to call for the U.S. to employ more private contractors. He was spreading the same message in the White House, according to a report Monday in the New York Times.

http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/betsy-devos-invested-military-tech-contractor-run-son-law-while-brother-shaped

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War for Profit (Original Post) SHRED Jul 2017 OP

War has always been for profit. WinstonSmith00 Jul 2017 #1

WinstonSmith00

(228 posts)

1. War has always been for profit.

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Thu Jul 13, 2017, 11:05 AM

Jul 2017

The rich and powerful that start the wars always make huge profits.

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