The Power Elite (Wiki it) fund (benefit from) both sides of war.
The is what Senator Joe McCarthy researched and his findings were spun as McCarthyism to discredit him (read about on Infowars.com).
Bill Clinton was influenced by this paradigm and remarks ...
Influence on Bill Clinton
In his freshman year in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown, future U.S. President Bill Clinton took Quigley's course, receiving a 'B' as his final grade in both semesters.[2]:94, 96Clinton named Quigley as an important influence on his aspirations and political philosophy in 1991, when launching his presidential campaign in a speech at Georgetown.[2]:96 He also mentioned Quigley again during his acceptance speech to the1992 Democratic National Convention, as follows:
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