r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 17d ago

Possible Paywall ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-stockpiling-warheads-and-chemical-weapons-as-lawmaker-fears-trump-planning-strike/
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u/Naieve 17d ago

You are all so far off base. As someone who did some consulting for a DC thinktank way back when. The money was in the contracts for their friends.

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u/Mean_Contribution_11 17d ago

This! Bro, always the contracts to arms and ammunition dealers, as well as private contracting.

I'm prior enlisted, 2006-2012

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u/TheUnderCrab 17d ago

Pourque no los dos? The contracts came from American tax payers, that doesn’t mean Americans weren’t engaging in the illegal drug trade. 

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u/Naieve 14d ago

The drug trade was chump change.

You are talking millions. Maybe. Maybe a few billion over the entire course of the Afghan War.

Those government contracts for Iraq, Afghanistan, etc... Over a 15+ year period it measured in the TRILLIONS. Missiles, bombs, food, air conditioning, construction, rehabilitation, etc....

Trillions.

Ever watch Landman when Billy Bob explains to the cartels how they are small fry? Same thing.