War for Profit

It seems that you cannot go very far in this world without hearing some Liberal whine and complain about companies making a profit during a period of warfare. For some reason this is a heresy in their book. Although I think that most liberals believe that all profit is heresy. Anyway, someone has posted this same comment on Black Five's blog. B5 blogger "Grim" posted a most eloquent and well-reasoned retort to the liberal complaint of "war profiteering." Below I am posting a brief section of Grim's wise words, but I urge you to go and check out his full reply.

War is destruction. In war, people die; homes and lands are laid to waste; whole families may cease to exist. In pure war, as Clausewitz taught us, escalation is the rule. A truce or a retreat is temporary. The war is waged until one side submits.

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Profit, as a concept, means that -- at least somewhere -- things are getting better. Profit in war means that you have the strength to resist the destruction of war. It means that you have found a way to survive its fire, and put that fire to use.

Any hope to create a 'social contract' between nations depends on being able to sustain those constant wars, hot and cold, at a profit. The ability to do that is not a sign of evil: it is a sign of hope.

Well said, Grim! Well said, indeed.