22-05-2013, 05:32 AM
What so often comes to mind when reading posts on DPF is what was said by (I think it was) James Carville, adviser to Bill Clinton during his first run for the US presidency: "It's the Economy, Stupid." Even though the comment was made in regard to different matters in a politial campaign of the time, it seems to be a brief phrase that well suits a topic which should be brought to our attention when war is discussed.
Yes, the economy is important in its many forms and variations, and the people who profit from it and manipulate it for their own private ends, either as individuals or as members of cartels and other such groups. Every war can be said to have an economic driving force behind its historic moment, rarely recognized by most people who have been deceived by propaganda and other childish fairy tales.
What may be keeping us now in Afghanistan has expanded to certain rare minerals, such as lithium, necessary for the production of electronic gear. Yet, few mention these items - it's Top Secret stuff, I suppose, and should be kept from the people of the world and those taxpayers who will financially fund such operations, without any benefit that they would gain. It is the purpose of the poor to support the rich with their hard-earned money and their lives on the battlefields of the world....
Adele
Yes, the economy is important in its many forms and variations, and the people who profit from it and manipulate it for their own private ends, either as individuals or as members of cartels and other such groups. Every war can be said to have an economic driving force behind its historic moment, rarely recognized by most people who have been deceived by propaganda and other childish fairy tales.
What may be keeping us now in Afghanistan has expanded to certain rare minerals, such as lithium, necessary for the production of electronic gear. Yet, few mention these items - it's Top Secret stuff, I suppose, and should be kept from the people of the world and those taxpayers who will financially fund such operations, without any benefit that they would gain. It is the purpose of the poor to support the rich with their hard-earned money and their lives on the battlefields of the world....
Adele