You mean war is not a jobs creation program? From Doug Bandow at archive.is:
Kill a few Russians, fuel a major conventional war, and risk nuclear conflation, all to put an American to work. What could possibly go wrong?
The war against Russia is going badly for Ukraine. The latter’s backers are getting desperate.
Facing growing opposition to Washington’s proxy war against Russia, some Kiev advocates now claim the conflict is a great way to create jobs. Kill a few Russians, fuel a major conventional war, and risk nuclear conflation, all to put an American to work. What could possibly go wrong?
For instance, Gabrielius Landsbergis, foreign minister of Lithuania, one of America’s many European defense dependents whose governments wail about the Russian threat while devoting less—sometimes much less—to defense than the U.S., announced an upcoming trip to America to squeeze more money out of Washington.
He explained: “We have a plan to travel…to separate states, meeting—for example—the companies that sell equipment that actually create jobs in the U.S. Most of the money that has been spent on Ukraine was actually spent in the U.S.”
The Biden administration has begun making a similar pitch to sell the war in Washington. Reported Politico: “In recent weeks, senior House Republicans and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have separately told national security adviser Jake Sullivan and other administration officials to step up their efforts in selling lawmakers on additional Ukraine aid or risk losing critical support.”
