{"id":59086,"date":"2021-08-22T06:53:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T11:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59086"},"modified":"2021-08-22T06:55:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T11:55:58","slug":"investors-in-us-weapon-makers-only-clear-winners-of-afghan-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59086","title":{"rendered":"Investors in US Weapon-Makers Only Clear Winners of Afghan War"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Investors in US Weapon-Makers Only Clear Winners of Afghan War<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Share prices of military manufacturers vastly outperformed the stock market overall during the Afghanistan War.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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May 25, 2002: Two U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters land at Bagram Airfield in Parwan, Afghanistan, after completing a mission. (U.S. National Archives)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A<\/strong>s the hawks who\u00a0have been\u00a0lying<\/a>\u00a0about the U.S. invasion and occupation of Afghanistan for two decades\u00a0continue<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0peddle fantasies<\/a>\u00a0in the midst of a Taliban\u00a0takeover<\/a>\u00a0and American\u00a0evacuation<\/a>\u00a0of Kabul, progressive critics on Tuesday reminded the world who has benefited from the \u201cendless war.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEntrenching U.S. forces in Afghanistan was the military-industrial complex\u2019s business plan for 20+ years,\u201d\u00a0declared<\/a>\u00a0the Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group Public Citizen.<\/p>\n

[Related:\u00a0A People\u2019s Guide to the War Industry<\/em>,\u00a0Part 1<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0Part 2<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Part 3<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Part 4\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0Part 5.]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n