Zoals
gewoonlijk maken wapenfabrikanten enorme winsten door oorlogen en ellende in ‘conflictgebieden’ (vooral gebieden waar de VS haar grootschalige terreur uitoefent…)…. Gelukkig heeft Atkins, de schrijver van het hieronder
opgenomen artikel van MintPress News (MPN), gekeken naar de winsten
die wapenfabrikanten maakten n.a.v. de illegale aanval met kruisraketten op
Syrische doelen door de VS, GB en Frankrijk, uitgevoerd in de nacht
van vrijdag 13 op zaterdag 14 april….

Het
gaat hier dan alleen nog om wapenfabrikanten die contracten hebben
met het ministerie van illegale oorlogen in de VS…… Houd je vast: de aandelen van
de fabrikanten (die mede de gebruikte kruisraketten fabriceerden), stegen na deze illegale aanvallen met maar liefst 10 miljard dollar….!!!

Uiteraard ging de olieprijs ook omhoog en profiteerden de oplichters
van de oliemaffia (de grote oliebedrijven) evenzeer van deze
oorlogshandelingen, immers er dreigde door deze aanval een grootschalige oorlog met Rusland en zoals je begrijpt: voor oorlogsvoering is een enorme hoeveelheid benzine, diesel, stookolie en kerosine nodig……… Vorige week maandag zakten deze koersen weer enigszins toen bleek dat Rusland, zoals gewoonlijk de laatste jaren, wel haar
verstand gebruikte en niet de strijd aanging met terreurentiteiten VS, GB en
Frankrijk……..

Zo
zie je maar, er is een enorme groep mensen (vooral aandeelhouders en de top van wapenfabrieken) die profiteert van oorlogen en de enorme ellende onder de bevolkingen die deze moeten doorstaan…….. Waar de wapenfabrikanten in de VS ook nog eens de republikeinen steunen, die tegen de opname zijn van ook maar 1 vluchteling uit door de VS in oorlog gedompelde landen……

De hoogste tijd dat wapenfabrikanten worden aangeklaagd bij het internationaal strafhof (ICC), daar zij in feite de medeverantwoordelijken zijn voor het enorme aantal doden, waar de VS alleen deze eeuw al verantwoordelijk voor is, intussen meer dan 20 miljoen (moorden…)……

Defense
Contractors Saw $10 Billion Stock Boost Following Syria Airstrikes

War,
who is it good for? Missile manufacturers, that’s who!

Raytheon CEO Tom Kennedy, left, former Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, center, and Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson wait for the arrival of President Donald Trump in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, March 22, 2018. (AP/Evan Vucci)

April
17th, 2018

By C.J.
Atkins

Since
President Trump announced that he intended to bomb Syria, the stock
values of some of the country’s top weapons manufacturers have
soared, adding a collective $10 billion in market capitalization
values over the course of just one week. With Trump delivering on his
promise this weekend, the rally on Wall Street continues.

A
barrage of 118 (or more) U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles rained down on
Syria Friday night—Trump’s punishment for the alleged chemical
weapons attack carried out by Bashar al-Assad’s government in Douma
(for which the world is still awaiting hard evidence). Trump’s
tweet on April 9 that he would be taking action against Syria
launched the stock prices of some of America’s major defense
suppliers into the skies, and they are still climbing.

For
Raytheon (RTN),
the company which manufactures the Tomahawk cruise missiles used
against Syria, nearly $2.5 billion has been added to the company’s
market value. Add together the gains from other top weapons makers
Lockheed Martin (LMT),
General Dynamics (GD),
Boeing (BA),
and Northrop Grumman (NOC),
and it becomes apparent just how profitable a business war can be.

Lockheed
Martin makes the tactical control system, another of the required
components of the Tomahawk launch apparatus. General Dynamics,
meanwhile, manufactures the missile’s firing system. Boeing builds
the B-1 bombers used in the strikes as well as its own variety of
cruise missiles, while Northrop Grumman produces radar systems and
other bombers, like the B-2 Stealth.

The
investor crowd was giddy about the money-making opportunities last
week. On the stock tip blog “The Street” on Friday, trader
Stephen Guilfoyle was recommending “4
Hot Defense Stocks for Syria,”
telling his readers, “The world remains dangerous, and dangerous
‘toys’ are increasingly in demand.”

For
the American people, the immediate cost of subsidizing the profits of
war was at least $165
million—just
for the Tomahawk missiles themselves, which cost the government $1.4
million each. This, of course, doesn’t account for the tens of
millions of dollars or more that it cost to mobilize the equipment
and forces necessary to carry out the air strikes.

Even
though this round of strikes is being spun as a one-night affair, it
is actually part of a sustained campaign in Syria and across the
Middle East aimed at protecting U.S. dominance against the growth of
Iranian and Russian influence. Almost exactly a year ago, there was a
round of air strikes on Syria over another alleged chemical attack,
and U.S. troops have been on the ground inside the country since late
2015.

With
known war-hawks now holding prominent positions in the
cabinet—including John Bolton as National Security Advisor, Mike
Pompeo as Secretary of State, and Gina Haspel as head of the CIA—the
likelihood that this weekend’s missile strikes were a one-off event
are next to nil. All three of these figures were connected with the
disastrous war in Iraq under George W. Bush, which was justified by
the need to eliminate Saddam Hussein’s “weapons of mass
destruction”—weapons which didn’t actually exist.

Meanwhile,
the party on Wall Street carries on, with the promise of even
brighter days ahead for defense contractors. Immediately following
the bombing, Trump pledged “billions of fully approved dollars”
in additional military spending on Saturday morning. Speaking of the
U.S. military’s overwhelming power in the world, he continued,
saying, “There won’t be anything, or anyone, even close!” That
is exactly what this weekend’s air strikes were intended to tell
the world.

Top
Photo | Raytheon CEO Tom Kennedy, left, former Director of
National Intelligence Dennis Blair, center, and Lockheed Martin CEO
Marillyn Hewson wait for the arrival of President Donald Trump in the
Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, March 22, 2018.
(AP/Evan Vucci)

C.J.
Atkins is
the managing editor at People’s World. He holds a Ph.D. in
political science from York University in Toronto and has a research
and teaching background in political economy and the
politics and
ideas of the American left. In addition to his work at People’s
World, C.J. currently serves as the Deputy Executive Director of
ProudPolitics