Authored by by William Astore by technique of Bracing Views,
Did the Russia-Ukraine Battle is an enormous “funding” for the us? A incredible fairly a great deal of to waste a great deal of Russians and to abolish a great deal of their protection energy gear at a considerably low-cost price to us? (Supreme don’t point out the related value paid by Ukraine.) It supplies recent that means to the expression “making a killing” on the “market.”
To Gordon Gekko’s irascible “greed is solely” speech we should now add “conflict is solely.” That conflict is “moral.” That it “works” – not less than for The usa, allegedly.
Battle as an “funding” actually symbolizes the moral financial extinguish of earlier discourse inside the U.S. political mainstream.
As a substitute of conflict being a calamity, a catastrophe, a realm of lack of life and destruction, dare I enlighten even a mortal sin of impolite unhealthy, we’re instructed that as an fairly a great deal of it’s an funding that’s paying dividends, particularly in that drawl inventory acknowledged as Ukraine.
Even physique counts and truck counts from the Vietnam Battle experience are being launched assist to sing their own praises what an enormous “funding” the Ukraine Battle has been for the U.S.
In her most up-to-date, Caitlin Johnstone cites war-lover Max Boot for his advocacy of the Russia-Ukraine Battle as an influence funding fairly a great deal of for the U.S., along with the utilization of physique and truck counts as a measure of progress:
“Russia has misplaced an estimated 120,000 troopers and 170,000 to 180,000 have been injured,” [Max] Boot writes [in a Washington Post op-ed]. “Russia has moreover misplaced an estimated 2,329 tanks, 2,817 infantry fighting automobiles, 2,868 vehicles and jeeps, 354 armored personnel carriers, 538 self-propelled artillery automobiles, 310 towed artillery devices, 92 mounted-cruise plane and 106 helicopters.”
CNN has not too prolonged in the past made a equivalent argument…
When CNN admits {that a} vary of the cash going to Ukraine is truly going to American firms one thing about that conflict is solely not along with up.#Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar️️pic.twitter.com/qbSlFcFlXl
— Andrew R. (@drew596) October 3, 2023
“The Russian protection energy have been devastated, thereby decreasing the danger to front-line NATO states loads like Poland and the Baltic republics that the us is treaty-sure to protect,” Boot continues. “And all of that has been carried out while not having to place a single U.S. soldier in danger on the entrance strains.”
“That’s a fair attempting funding,” gloats Boot…
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