Arms lobby promotes a parallel business — that of coffins & body bags.
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Air Marshal PK Roy PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM: True… It brings back memories of the body bag requirements during the Kargil operations. I was posted as Stn Cdr Thoise during that time. This is the grim price nations pay for the reckless decisions of a few who believe they can play god with the fate of others.
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Absolutely…the Yanks are not supermen….the demand may not be in large numbers… nevertheless…the requirement exists….!!!
“War does not determine who is right but who is left “. Bertrand Russel
The military -industrial- digital -politician imperialist lobby of the USA which keeps the wars far and away to happen far and has forgotten Vietnam because of the Stand-off weapons of the 21st century .But 9/11 will be the great leveller in a manner of speaking.
These groups go hand in hand with the politicians….and the coterie works to fatten their wallets….so what if the wallets are coloured with the blood of the slain
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Absolutely…the Yanks are not supermen….the demand may not be in large numbers… nevertheless…the requirement exists….!!!
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“War does not determine who is right but who is left “. Bertrand Russel
The military -industrial- digital -politician imperialist lobby of the USA which keeps the wars far and away to happen far and has forgotten Vietnam because of the Stand-off weapons of the 21st century .But 9/11 will be the great leveller in a manner of speaking.
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These groups go hand in hand with the politicians….and the coterie works to fatten their wallets….so what if the wallets are coloured with the blood of the slain
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