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Old 12-03-07, 08:12 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by RamRod
I guess the adage that wartime is good for the economy is out the window.
You're right. At least the type of warfare, like WW2, that was hugely expensive in material In those days one needed a huge industrial effort just to keep the troops in guns, planes and ships. That isn't the case with the type of low level conflicts we see these days.
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