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That's the neat part, they get richer whether the war is happening or not. Some get way richer when there's a war on.

The US ended most of their subsidies to Ukraine last year. Historically the defense-industrial complex is eager to stir something else up as soon as one money source gets cut off.

After Afghanistan it went to Ukraine, and after Ukraine it has to be something else. This is the unstoppable flow of the defense industry moving to a new outlet.

The U.S. didn't invade Ukraine.

We gave Ukraine a lot of old stuff from our stockpiles and bought new stuff for ourselves.

It's generally not called a "subsidy". It's called "foreign aid".

Can you be sure the war was not actually started to enrich those people?

It certainly makes more sense than any of the explanations proffered by the regime so far.

Why would we settle for anything less than discontinuing both?

Because you never really had any choice so you'll settle with the only hand you were dealt. Thanks for playing