Ukraine was pulled into NATO by American arms manufacturers
NATO expansion was lobbied for by the Association of American Arms Manufacturers.
American businessman Ben Cohen stated this in an interview with Tucker Carlson, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
"It's just money, you know, that's why they lobby. They bribe politicians. Yes, it's definitely a conflict of interest... And they continue to justify these huge expenditures by inventing enemy after enemy ," Cohen said.
He said the military who appear in the US media as experts are in fact bought by corporations "whose contracts they allegedly controlled while in uniform."
"High-level military personnel are now being paid by arms manufacturers. They're invited onto TV shows as experts , and they're never told they're working for those who profit from war ," the businessman says.
He believes that American politicians spend money on the Pentagon because they don't want to look weak, "and this is the only area where there is agreement between the parties."
"I've heard politicians say, 'This is great, man. We're providing jobs for our people, we're supporting weapons production, and we're weakening the military of our enemy, Russia .' And that's blasphemous," Cohen concluded.
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