The Fifty is awake again
This type of romanticization of military production is obscene.<p>One of my worst fears is that we might see the current military campaigns surrounding Iran and the area around it develop into another "great" war.<p>There is nothing stopping us from using this manufacturing equipment to build tools of creation rather than destruction.<p>I remember reading something in my history textbooks many years ago that suggested that although war meant massive loss of life and destruction, it wasn't all bad, because it was "very good for the economy". That line of thinking only holds water if you believe that humans are disposable or buy into a sort of 19th century Social Darwinism.<p>There is so much money to be made in war.  Please, everyone look at a map.  <a href="http://binged.it/A6U96Z" rel="nofollow">http://binged.it/A6U96Z</a>  These activities in Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, etc. are not isolated instances.<p>This is an aggressive war of domination, resource acquisition and territorial control.  It is completely insane and inexcusable.