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The American Conservative
by David R. Henderson

06/23/10

Many people who aren’t comfortable with the U.S. invading other countries reassure themselves with the belief that at least war creates jobs for Americans. But is military conflict really good for the economy of the country that engages in it? Basic economics answers a resounding ‘no’...

http://www.amconmag.com/blog/war-makes-us-poor/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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America Detached From War

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch: "Admittedly, before George W. Bush had his fever dream, the U.S. had already put its first unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drone surveillance planes in the skies over Kosovo in the late 1990s. By November 2001, it had armed them with missiles and was flying them over Afghanistan."

http://www.truth-out.org/america-detached-war60741

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Drone Attacks to Stimulate Economy?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/24-1

Voodoo Economics Back From the Dead
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/07/20-0



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