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OPINION: Retired US 🇺🇸 Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler said it first and said it best: “War is a racket. It always has been...“. “It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. 20 years of low-intensity conflict has conditioned most Americans to view conflict as a video game, a live-action version of “Call of Duty,” where death is minimized as little more than digital entertainment. Today the US is facing off against two global powers, Russia 🇷🇺 (in Ukraine) and China 🇨🇳 (in Taiwan). Zelensky and his cronies in Kiev 🇺🇦 have milked the NATO taxpayers for tens of billions of dollars and euros through the weapons racket fueling war. European 🇪🇺 defense companies ascend on Kiev in an effort to build ‘in-country’ weapon-manufacturing facilities, as Ukraine is enlisting more ’cannon fodder’. In the Middle East, current escalations seem obviously as an attempt to foment a war with Iran 🇮🇷. Hamas having the overall interests of the Palestinians 🇵🇸 at heart is highly questionable because they are a Western/Muslim Brotherhood Construct, used to undermine the PLO and Fatah. Note: Below shows each company’s revenues (2022) from defense, and not total revenues. This is because many companies such as Boeing also generate revenue from non-defense related industries and sectors. Company —- Revenues from Defense (USD billions) ——- Defense share of total revenue (%) 🇺🇸 Lockheed Martin — $633 — 96% 🇺🇸 RTX Corp (formerly Raytheon Technologies) — $396 — 59% 🇺🇸 Northrop Grumman — $324 — 89% 🇨🇳 Aviation Industry Corporation of China — $310 — 37% 🇺🇸 Boeing — $308 — 46% 🇺🇸 General Dynamics — $304 — 77% 🇬🇧 BAE Systems — $252 — 96% Video source - Canadian Patriot Press Источник: The Paradigm Shift Channel ⏳