dahiyars
December 13th, 2004, 09:42 PM
WAR AGAINST TERRORISM
The ‘holy war’ against ‘terrorism’ --- Bush has proclaimed himself as chosen by God and guided by the values of Christianity, which he fore grounded in his recent election campaign --- have brought huge profits for the US. It is estimated that “the post-9/11 “extra” profits to the US War Economy (i.e. to the directors, shareholders and employees of the US military-industrial complex) total some US$400 billion - the sum of extra US military budget funding of 250 billion dollar since 9/11 and additional funding for the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars of about 150 billion dollar. The current annual US military budget of 400 billion dollar is half that of the World (800 billion dollar), noting that US arms sales contribute significantly to non-US global military expenditure. Accordingly, the “extra” funding of the US industrial -military complex since 9/11 may be of the order of 500 billion dollar (Gideon Polya- US Profits from Jihadist Terrorism). Imperialism in the age of globalisation has a stake in war and in Jihadi terrorism.
R.S.Dahiya
The ‘holy war’ against ‘terrorism’ --- Bush has proclaimed himself as chosen by God and guided by the values of Christianity, which he fore grounded in his recent election campaign --- have brought huge profits for the US. It is estimated that “the post-9/11 “extra” profits to the US War Economy (i.e. to the directors, shareholders and employees of the US military-industrial complex) total some US$400 billion - the sum of extra US military budget funding of 250 billion dollar since 9/11 and additional funding for the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars of about 150 billion dollar. The current annual US military budget of 400 billion dollar is half that of the World (800 billion dollar), noting that US arms sales contribute significantly to non-US global military expenditure. Accordingly, the “extra” funding of the US industrial -military complex since 9/11 may be of the order of 500 billion dollar (Gideon Polya- US Profits from Jihadist Terrorism). Imperialism in the age of globalisation has a stake in war and in Jihadi terrorism.
R.S.Dahiya