tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post6347406988241193694..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: War profiteering and SyriaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-54528513876850106152018-04-12T19:53:30.327+02:002018-04-12T19:53:30.327+02:00I think you're correct, in part, although I al...I think you're correct, in part, although I also believe that those small conflicts can and probably will lead to a much larger conflict, much like Iraq.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16978949375426818551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-18089451668065960502013-09-06T11:23:37.841+02:002013-09-06T11:23:37.841+02:00I agree with Brant. "Never attribute to malic...I agree with Brant. "Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity and incompetence".<br /><br />I do not believe in a devious conspiracy by the "military-industrial complex" to inflate defence budgets. I'm sure that they are all convinced that every dollar/euro/whatever that goes into the budget is justified by "National security", and that they firmly believe that all the unnecessary wars are really justified and unavoidable.TBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07655304645181749192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-42678150321321892622013-09-05T15:48:34.819+02:002013-09-05T15:48:34.819+02:00I think you've really got something here, and ...I think you've really got something here, and I can certainly see a lot of validity in the conclusion you come to. I wonder, though, how much of that line of thought is intentional and how much of it might be subconscious.Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482746543829626805noreply@blogger.com