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The business of war and what it costs us
When you see the mind-numbing figures behind global defence spending and the tragedy that warfare spawns, it is easy to understand why Major General Smedley D. Butler of the US Marines, described war as a racket in which “the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives”.
When you see the mind-numbing figures behind global defence spending and the tragedy that warfare spawns, it is easy to understand why Major General Smedley D. Butler of the US Marines, described war as a racket in which “the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives”.
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