[northwest]

Again, war is a huge business. (And this of course includes the so-called "war" on terrorism.)

I believe that's the main reason (if not the only reason) why it is being kept alive (today by using the cheap manipulation technique of fear).

[benajnim]

Nothing makes the economy "boom" more than focusing productivity on single-use weapons and other commodities of war. The industrial production of WWII is what kicked off the boom that followed. If some is good, then more must be better - perpetual war must be the best stimulus we could give our economy!