“This is Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine, which is a blatant violation of international law,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.

“And according to international law, Ukraine has the right to self-defense. And it also includes strikes against legitimate military targets, Russian military targets outside of Ukraine. That’s international law, and of course, Ukraine has the right to do that to defend itself.”

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    9 months ago

    You seem to not understand how profits works. They are not collective, politicians do not care if you or me get rich they care about their own wallet which get boosted the moment they can sign a deal and sell more weapons.

    I don’t think you understand how it works. With war, you can only sell weapons and perhaps bare necessities of life like basic food, basic clothing, basic medicine, and basic shelter.

    In peace you can sell luxury cars, exotic cuisine, movies, music, theater, art, Formula 1 tickets, cruise ship terminals, industrial gas infrastructure, cement, roads, boob jobs, gold watches, higher education services, ChatGPT, luxury houses, yachts, video games, coca-cola, porn, Disney world, high speed rail, anime, private jets, and so much more. If you’re in war, you’re not a customer for any of that stuff. You don’t think politicians get rich of this stuff and they only do on weapons? They are much more creative than that for their graft.

    If you think war is more profitable that peace for capitalism I’d recommend picking up some history and economics book. Look up the explosive growth during:

    • Pax Romana
    • Pax Britannica
    • Pax Americana
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      9 months ago

      You should recommend these reads to politicians and rulers waging war. Can you please name one USA or Russia ceo that didn’t bomb another country?