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Originally posted by Elif Godson:
There is really only one thing positive about war.
It boost's the economy It is a true tragedy when so
many have to die. You have some good insight in that article.
Peace be with all of you.
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Good thoughts there, Memnoch.
Just a few quick comments here on the oft repeated assumption that war is good for the economy. Americans seem to think that a lot because of the experience with the Depression and World War II. What we overlook is that was an EXCEPTION, not the general rule.
Certainly, that same war was hell on the economies of almost every other country that participated in it.
The same holds true for other wars that America has participated in. The Vietnam war, for example, was a tremendous drain on the American economy.
War in general is not good for economies. Leaving aside for the moment all the damage that can be done to infrastructure by bombing and the like, war means a diversion of resources and energy into activities of destruction, instead of improving people's lives.