The involvement of U.S. military intelligence in “fine-tuning” the targets of coalition airstrikes is likely the main factor explaining why the U.S. government has refused to condemn the strike and has refused to support an independent investigation into the atrocity.
The nations fourth largest defense contractor has already received a stunning $194 million in corporate welfare from the small Maine town of Bath, but they want more.
Maine legislators have a hot potato in their hands. But they don’t seem to be feeling any pain. On March 6, their Taxation Committee, controlled by the Democratic Party, voted 8-2 to send LD 1781 to the floor with an “ought-to-pass” recommendation. That bill calls for Maine to provide Bath Iron Works (BIW) with a $60 million tax
‘My view is Hillary is far more aligned with the types of issues that are important to the defense industry than Trump is.’
“Wall Street’s looking ahead and saying, ‘War’s good for business and companies are going to cash in,’” the director of a think tank aimed at addressing war and corruption, among other issues, tells MintPress News.
WASHINGTON --- Since the beginning of the year, the defense stocks of America’s top five arms producers -- Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman -- have risen substantially. Last month, Bloomberg
