The Native Iowan

War = Trade

Trade = War

I must say that I like QLD. As good as a climate I have ever found. It’s winter and it’s not deadly cold. Gotta luv QLD.

Thinking about trade and politics and deals and wars and such… I have first hand knowledge that proves “war is good for business”. 

Twice; when Bouganville fell in 1990, then during the Solomon’s ethnic tension, 1998 – 2003, I made heaps. 

All legally. I just managed to have a good supply of fuel and sold it for fair prices. No gouging. No price rises of the opportunistic kind. Both times my competitors could not keep up or manage their affairs, or they ran away from the sound of guns. I stayed and made $$. 

Mind you, dodging bullets is a young man’s game. 

I would suggest that “WAR” is the world’s biggest business. 

Which leads to the “trade” involved with WAR. 

I think of the Atlantic “gauntlet” in WWII. 

It shows how much $$ is involved when you can lose over 25% of your stock and still be profitable. 

How much shipping was sunk in ww2?

By May 1945, in the Atlantic alone, over 2,200 British and Allied merchant ships had been sunk, totalling well over 13 million tons, as well as 100 Allied naval vessels and 600 RAF Coastal Command aircraft. Of these ships, no less than 2003 had been sunk by U-boats.

And there in lies the modern discussion…

Asia to NAmerica, Asia to the sub continent, Europe, Russia, SAmerica…

Who are the world’s industrial/ export nations…

A simple graphic says a lot… You can see who has the most to lose. 

Trade vs war?

War = trade?

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