On the occasion of the second anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the American "Wall Street**" published an article detailing the fact that the United States made a lot of war money with solid data.
Over the past two years, it has been reported that orders for the US defense industry** and ammunition have increased significantly. Federal Reserve data shows that U.S. defense and aerospace industrial output has surged by 17% since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine5%。The US fibers, including Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing, etc., have made a lot of money, and their stock prices have been greatly improved.
It is no secret that the United States has made war money, but in the context of sluggish global economic growth, the "soaring all the way" of the US aerospace industry is really staggering. Behind the hot orders, there are not only the first-class purchases of aid to Ukraine by the United States, but also the large-scale "sweeping" of European allies. Wolf Research military industry analysts bluntly say that in terms of spending on American-made jet fighters and other military hardware, European countries** have invested in the past few years as they did in the previous 20 years. From the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict to September last year, in more than a year, the United States has had a total of more than $80 billion in major arms deals, of which about $50 billion have been sold to European allies.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has not only fattened U.S. industrial companies, but also the energy industry. Since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Europe has been forced to take sides and make a drastic "de-Russification" on natural gas, and the United States has become a major energy country in Europe. According to the latest data, the export volume of liquefied natural gas in the United States has recently ranked first in the world for the first time, and one of the major financiers is Europe. And, due to a variety of factors, the price of natural gas sold in the United States is ridiculously high, which also creates staggering profits. Seeing such a "tuyere", related project investments have been launched, and some American think tank researchers lamented that based on the direct and indirect impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, "American companies have tens of billions of dollars of potential contracts on the table."
After calculating the above accounts, it is clear at a glance who is the biggest profiteer of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. To put it bluntly, the more fierce the battle becomes, the bigger the cake of US interests will be. Therefore, some Western politicians shamelessly shouted that "they will 'fight to the last Ukrainian' with Russia", and even took turns to perform in Kyiv to incite the Ukrainian people to "shed the last drop of blood". Therefore, in the face of the strong call for peace negotiations in the world, the United States has been unmoved, engaged in various actions to obstruct the cooling of the situation, and continued to approve orders for military aid to Ukraine at sky-high prices.
Facts have repeatedly proven that the United States has never been concerned with peace and security, but with how to maximize its own interests. As for the loss of human lives and humanitarian tragedy, it is only "the price that must be paid" to realize the interests of the United States.
At present, the United States has entered the first season, and the "economic account" of aiding Ukraine has also become a bargaining chip for politicians to seek personal political interests. Biden said that the money to aid Ukraine is in fact rebuilding the defense industrial base of the United States, launching and expanding ammunition production lines, and providing employment support to 40 states. In addition, the United States** noted that the White House wants to "reap the political benefits" by investing to influence voters in some swing states. It can be seen that the repeated tug-of-war between the two parties on the budget for aid to Ukraine is nothing more than a game of political bargaining chips. Trump, who took the lead in attacking the White House, bluntly said: It's not that he doesn't want to help Ukraine, but he can't "give it for nothing". Trying by all means to seize the benefits of the war, and in a grand manner, to the detriment of others and to enrich oneself, once again let the world see clearly, who are the warmongers who are "beautiful"?
War has always been a staple of American politics and diplomatic relations. The United States is a belligerent nation, and America's credo is to fight. Just as an American scholar has said, "reckless force" and "arching fire" are the consistent practices of the United States. Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has fanned the flames around the world for its own selfish interests. From Afghanistan and Iraq to Libya and Syria, the United States has been involved in almost every conflict. Behind the extreme belligerence is a military-industrial complex of the military, arms dealers, and politicians**. The "open secret" of the United States has revealed that in the past 20 years, in order to influence national defense policy in order to make the arms they manufacture "continue to sell well," the lobbying expenses alone have been as high as $2.5 billion. Eisenhower, the former US leader, sounded the alarm in his resignation speech, reminding not to allow the military-industrial complex to gain undue influence. Regrettably, under the distorted political ecology of the supremacy of money and votes, US politicians not only have no incentive to stop the expansion of the "war monster", but also continue to frantically "feed it".
There is much help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust. Reaping war dividends and eating human blood steamed buns, can such an immoral business really go on forever? The war between Russia and Ukraine has not been extinguished for two years, and the facts have made many people sober, causing chaos in the world, overdrawing credit, and sooner or later setting themselves on fire and being counterattacked.
Source: Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Jie.
*: Beijing** client commentator Yu Xin.
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