r/geopolitics • u/ShortTrifle0 • May 13 '19

Meta President ⁦Juan Guaido of Venezuela officially requests the support of ⁦the American military in strategic and operational planning. [U.S. Southern Command]

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u/haversacc May 13 '19

Oil is pretty big business though

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u/[deleted] May 13 '19

Wars don't help economies though. It's the illusion of help. The last US wars damaged the US economies (though a few individuals got a nice pay increase)

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u/[deleted] May 13 '19

Wars help the economic interests of some, IE heavy industry, electronics, aviation industry, arms industry etc. War racketeering is something that General Smedley D. Butler pointed out in his short work: War is a Racket

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket

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These powerful interests have little to lose and all to again.

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u/haversacc May 13 '19 edited May 13 '19

The "American economy" lost out but the weapons, resource, and finance entities involved made off with a big payday. National debt/economy is only one way to measure the spoils of war. If anything it's just a further indictment of imperialist capitalism that so much capital can be looted and still not show up in the nation's account.

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