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      Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun and politicians.

      Military Contractor CEOs Are Laughing All the Way to the Bank—At Taxpayer Expense

      “Huge CEO compensation,” William Hartung observes, “does nothing to advance the defense of the United States and everything to enrich a small number of individuals.”

      Sam Pizzigati
      Jun 16, 2023

      Does anyone have a sweeter deal than military contractor CEOs?

      The United States spent more last year on defense than the next 10 nations combined. A deal just brokered by the White House and House Republicans increases that amount even further—to $886 billion. Defense contractors will pocket about half of that.

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      Wall Street Journal Should Not Cry for Military Contractors in Debt Ceiling Fight

      It’s beyond absurd to hand-wring about the area of the discretionary budget that appears least likely to face cuts—and, by any reasonable account, the most able to survive them.

      Conor Smyth
      May 25, 2023

      The Wall Street Journal is very concerned about the effects of the debt limit fight… on military contractors. In an article (5/12/23) headlined “Debt-Ceiling Fight Weighs on Defense Industry,” the paper reported, “If the U.S. defaults on its debt and is unable to pay all its bills this summer, the pain will fall squarely on the defense industry.”

      A default could disrupt payments to military contractors, the Journal pointed out, and even a temporary suspension of the debt ceiling for several months “would raise the likelihood the Defense Department will have to make do with a temporary budget known as a continuing resolution.” This would likely “inflate the costs of military programs, delay the launch of new ones, and prevent production increases.” In short, weapons producers might feel a momentary pinch after years of war profits.

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      Prince Harry's PR Firestorm Creates Opportunity to Rethink Militarism

      The criticism Harry has faced about his comments on Afghanistan is an opportunity to dig deeper and take on the dominant narratives in our society about war more broadly.

      Darcey Rakestraw
      Elizabeth Beavers
      Jan 19, 2023

      In the wake of Prince Harry’s new book Spare, leaked excerpts that he had killed 25 people in the war in Afghanistan shocked readers. He reflected on what it’s like to take a life in war: “You can't kill people if you think of them as people. You can't really harm people if you think of them as people. They were chess pieces removed from the board. Bads taken away before they could kill Goods. I'd been trained to ‘other-ize’ them, trained well. On some level I recognized this learned detachment as problematic. But I also saw it as an unavoidable part of soldiering.”

      There was deep anger over Prince Harry’s admission. One British Army colonel told The Independent, “That’s not how you behave in the army.” But we shouldn’t be angry that he told the truth about the dehumanization inherent in warfare. We should be angry that the truth isn’t told more often.

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