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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

When I was growing up I remember the disenchanted blaming the Vietnam war on the arms dealers ... I don't know how you could prove that, but we certainly made a lot of mistakes based on the POTUS and on down.

THe social ramifications of which R the over-militarization of local Rambo-ized police departments across the nation. http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/11-shocking-facts-about-americas-militarized-police-forces & http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2016/05/10/war-weapons-for-americas-local-police-departments/#3186058654fe

It’s a boon to contractor profits. The trend towards police militarization has given military contractors another lucrative market where they can shop their products. Companies like Lockheed Martin and Blackhawk Industries are making big bucks by selling their equipment to agencies flush with Department of Homeland Security grants.

In addition to the actual selling of equipment, contractors also sponsor training events for SWAT teams, like Urban Shield, a major arms expo that has attracted increasing attention from activists in recent years. SWAT teams, police agencies and military contractors converge on Urban Shield, which was held in California last year, to train and to promote equipment to buy.

Walkin' 'round 'Merica these days is a-gittin' plum dangerous: