In-depth discussion of the profitability for the US military-industrial complex of prolonging wars like Ukraine:
UpFront @AJUpFront
29 Apr 2022
“People ask: why don't we learn from our failures in Vietnam, and Afghanistan, and elsewhere?” “And the answer is who has a lesson to learn?” @DanielEllsberg tells @marclamonthill in an #Upfront Special on the business of war. Full Interview: piped.video/YPSGNwv1ptc

May 3, 2022 · 9:03 PM UTC

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Replying to @DanielEllsberg
Yes!!! I was 5 years old and watching the news at my great aunt’s house when she babysat me. I watched all of this, and not knowing about the military industrial complex then, I knew the US should’ve never been there. Not anti war but no war w/out justification
Replying to @DanielEllsberg
The older I got, I turned into a history & political nerd. I got a law degree & researched ALL. people would flip out if they knew the people who profit from the military industrial complex. People like Condoleezza Rice, for example
Replying to @DanielEllsberg
Lindsey Graham: United States Senator: "Four months into this thing, I like the structural path we're on here. As long as we help Ukraine with the weapons they need and economic support, they will fight to the last person"
Aaron Maté
 @aaronjmate
Mar 17
US estimates that 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died. (politico.com/news/2023/03/15…) In other words, the bipartisan @WhiteHouse-@GOP-@USProgressives strategy of using Ukraine to fight Russia "to the last person" is proceeding according to plan.