It seems our elected leaders (from the President to County
Commissioners) are incapable of implementing solutions to problems that
are peaceful and environmentally healthy. And the people living in Yemen
and Iraq and other places see the results of our leaders choices in the
bomb fragments, from Raytheon or Lockheed Martin, that they pick up in
their devastated neighborhoods.
The CEO of Raytheon knows his
priorities, however. He stated in January that: “we are seeing, I would
say, opportunities for international sales. We just have to look to last
week where we saw the drone attack in the UAE, which have attacked some
of their other facilities. And of course, the tensions in Eastern
Europe, the tensions in the South China Sea, all of those things are
putting pressure on some of the defense spending over there. So I fully
expect we’re going to see some benefit from it.”
Yes, more wars
and bombings will bring more profit to Raytheon’s stockholders. And our
politicians claim they subsidize Raytheon because it means jobs, jobs,
jobs. But what it really means is profit, profit, profit, that comes
from wars, wars, wars.
Raytheon is the parent company of Pratt & Whitney in south Asheville.
Susan Oehler, Associate Member of Chapter 099 Veterans for Peace
Asheville, NC
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