It isn’t the first war that allowed private corporations to profit at the expense of military blood, remember the Truman commission? This time the scale of plunder from the US treasury has reached truly astronomical levels.
When my oldest son, a Marine, left for war and crossed the border from Kuwait into Iraq in March 2003 I started writing my conscience. After two tours that young combat veteran’s mother is now an ardent peace activist and advocate for social, environmental and economic justice.
MGx has matured since those early vents and ramblings and now covers relevant and important local and regional matters in addition to national and global affairs.