tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post603520189731782859..comments2024-03-22T19:52:46.571+00:00Comments on SOCIALISM OR YOUR MONEY BACK: Who Profits from Terror?Poetry Coalshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05514953133244910986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post-55266019213771064372021-09-11T10:42:45.098+00:002021-09-11T10:42:45.098+00:00https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep...https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/11/us-afghanistan-iraq-defense-spending<br /><br />Defense stocks outperformed the stock market overall by nearly 60% during the Afghanistan war,<br /><br /> the American military relied to an unprecedented degree on private contractors for support in virtually all areas of war operations. Contractors supplied trucks, planes, fuel, helicopters, ships, drones, weapons and munitions as well as support services from catering and construction to IT and logistics. The number of contractors on the ground outnumbered US troops most years of the conflicts. <br /><br />By the summer of 2020, the US had 22,562 contractor personnel in Afghanistan – roughly twice the number of American troops.ajohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.com