War on Terror strengthened rather than replaced the military industrial complex
Evidence
Today, some activists mistakenly argue that the prison industrial complex is moving into the space vacated by the military industrial complex. However, the socalled War on Terrorism initiated by the Bush administration in the aftermath of the 2002 attacks on the World Trade Center has made it very clear that the links between the military, corporations, and government are growing stronger, not weaker. — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 230
Categorization
- QUESTION: Davis seems to confuse 2001 and 2002 for the 9/11 attacks — a factual detail worth verifying.
- XREF: connects to: Terrorist attacks since 1996 drove consolidation into larger fortified bases. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 135; Drone dominance of warfare is not an inexorable historical fate
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Broader Connections
- Drone dominance of warfare is not an inexorable historical fate
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