However I do know that war does benefit, and is very profitable.
Profitable for which actors in a war? A very simplistic statement that sounds more like 'knowing because someone said so and it sounded good' versus actual research into economic and geopolitical complexities affected by war. I would argue more that it is the threat of war that is profitable, and not so much its execution.
wether conscience effort or coincedence America profited very very well from WW2
It was certainly a bit of both. The economic 'benefits' America saw from World War 2 occurred largely due to the following:
- The US saw very little conflict on its own soil and didn't suffer the decimation of its industrial or population centers that other allied and axis nations experienced.
- Because of the above, other allied nations bought a number of supplies and equipment from the US and continued doing so after the war with loans, trade rights, etc.
- As a proportion of its population (and thus its workforce), American casualties in WW2 were rather insignificant, compared to Germany, the USSR, France, Britain, Japan, etc.
I've heard people claim that WW2 brought the US out of the Depression, when in reality, the US economy had been rebounding since 1935 and based on per capita real GDP, it was on track to surpass pre-1930-crash levels by 1940. There is no doubt that the surge in industry during WW2 contributed to accelerated growth in that time period, but if only every nation involved in a war could be as geographically isolated, safe, and relatively untouched as the States were. In the history of war, the way the US 'profited' was relatively rare.
Vietnam war was concidered the testing ground for the new NATO bullet and other new weapons
Okay, but did the US profit from the Vietnam War and in what ways?
but now the cold war is over there is a growing trend of loss of rights, privilages, etc.
What rights and privilages have you lost since the US-USSR Cold War ended?
Unions, civil groups, social welfare, civil rights and nearly in every part of freedom is being taken away and it continues to get worse - THIS I DO NOT FIND A COINCEDENCE
Unions - When those who run the unions operate as if the employees of industries serve to make them wealthier and more powerful, I'd say do away with them. What purpose do they now serve?
What 'civil groups' are being taken away or are getting worse?
Which civil rights have you lost?
What evidence supports your assertion that 'nearly in every part of freedom is being taken away'?
IMO - the war on terror isn't about winning in IRAQ, it is about taking away freedoms in AMERICA - NATO - and the rest of the world
Since its inception, when was the 'War on Terror' only about winning in Iraq? And why would it be about taking away freedoms, not only in the US, but NATO allies, and the rest of the world?
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