Why does the United States fight wars? Is there always a clearly defined objective behind them, or has war itself become the objective?

Consider this. In the very first month of the US Iran conflict, the world’s 100 largest oil and gas companies reportedly earned staggering profits. According to a report published in The Guardian, these corporations made as much as 30 million dollars per hour during that period. Yes, per hour. Meanwhile, in the United States, discussions around insider trading linked to wartime developments are no longer whispered. They are increasingly out in the open.

Now take the cost of war itself. Since the onset of this conflict, the United States has been spending close to two billion dollars a day. Data submitted by the Pentagon to Congress, as cited by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, shows that by the sixth day alone, more than 11 billion dollars had already been spent. To put this into perspective, countries like Pakistan struggle to maintain even three billion dollars in reserves, while Washington expends nearly that amount every couple of days on war.

The French statesman Georges Clemenceau once remarked that war is too serious a matter to be left to generals alone. Today, one must ask whether wars have slipped even further from public accountability and into the hands of powerful corporations. Wars are fought, thousands perish, entire regions are destabilized, yet defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin continue to........

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