War is deadly, destructive, expensive and lucrative. While the Ukraine war has cost the lives of 9,655 Ukrainian civilians and 15,500-17,500 soldiers. The World Bank has estimated the expenditure on rebuilding will be more than $400 billion over ten years. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, most of the 30 NATO members have committed more than $80 billion worth of military,
Let's see how Europeans respond when they are told their peace dividend is henceforth to be spent on the machinery of war when it's "howitzers instead of hospitals" now, as a New York Times article puts it.
By Patrick Lawrence
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Maybe you recall all the post–Cold
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