It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted … secretly, it was being dictated instead by the needs of technology … by a conspiracy between human beings and techniques, by something that needed the energy-burst of war, crying, “Money be damned, the very life of [insert name of Nation] is at stake, ” but meaning, most likely, dawn is nearly here, I need my night’s blood, my funding, funding, ahh more, more … The real crises were crises of allocation and priority, not among firms — it was only staged to look that way — but among the different Technologies, Plastics, Electronics, Aircraft, and their needs which are understood only by the ruling elite … . Thomas Pynchon
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In the article above, we see an interesting perspective of the war in Iraq. The author of the article calls it a "political war." Yet, I can see that there is something about this war that is not "political." The reason why I say that is this: this war was not really about politics and it was not really about religion. It was about money. The very reason why it was fought was because the people who fought it wanted more money.

It's as simple as that. The war itself was only a means to an end for those who fought it.

Source: Gravitys Rainbow

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