is in what way does this war serve the interests of the american people? , it i doesn t obviously it serves the interests of a tiny sliver ofot people in washington, weapons manufacturers, people in the security state who get money and power from these sorts of things. and right att the moment when their market for these weapons disappeared, when the u.s. finally got out of iraq and afghanistan, lo and behold, there s this new market in ukraine and i think the op ed really reflects the fact of how suppress the debate has been because it points to things like we ve beenebas in ukraine since 2014. we ve been arming them since at least 2017 or 2018 with heavy weaponry making very provocative gesturesy we toward russia right on the other side of the border. and there s been an a absence of any attempt to resolve the war diplomatically, which isma what you would be doing trying to solve it diplomatically if you actually cared about the ukrainiansti . the biden administration instead has bee
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defense con tack tors. we look at who s going to be getting rich. reporter: as russian troops poured across ukraine s border, kicking off the russian invasion in late february, something else was happening at the same time in new york. the stock prices of the biggest u.s. weapons manufacturers spiked. many eventually climbing to their highest point in year. war is good business for parts of the economy. historically. it doesn t mean the contractors want it. i know a lot of people in these companies, and they re heart broken, but yes, war is good business for certain parts of the economy. the latest shipments include systems like scores of howitzers that haven t been sent before. hundreds of armored personnel carriers joining the now brutally effective javelins and stingers on ukraine s
end. of tha the country gets destroyed. the people of that country , but so does the invader because the u.s. spent two trillion dollars only to walk out 20 years later as if they had never been there when the taliban waltzed right back in. and of course the u.s. alsos. helped trap the soviet union in afghanistan in the 80s by beating up became al-qaida. and so we have this long listg of historical examples where we fought these wars or where we ve armed and funded groups that fought against our enemies. and usually what ends up happeningne is the country gets destroyed, the people suffer, people far away from the battlefield get to feel strong and purposeful by cheering it on andpo by we he to stand up to putin. but nobody in the united states benefits exceptxc for weapons manufacturers, the pentagon in the us security state. and that s absolutelyac what s happening here. glenn, that s great to see you tonight . to see you tonight, thank you. thank .in and democrats aredi finding new
ukrainian train car will meet with zelenskyy in kyiv. the trip is a sign europe support s ukraine s fight for freedom. one important note, the president of germany also had planned to make the trip but says he was told he was not wanted there. wow. that s quite an affront. yikes is right. so later today executives from eight of the top weapons manufacturers in the u.s. will meet at the pentagon to discuss how to meet ukraine s military needs as the war goes on. that s according to reuters. among the companies invited, raytheon, and lockheed martin which build the javelin and stinger missils. at the same time the biden administration is expected to announce $750 million in military aid for ukraine as soon as this week. it could include new weapons, including coastal defense drones and howitzer cannons. with that in mind, russia issued a new threat this morning. the deputy foreign minister warning any u.s. or nato