I personally do not believe that any nations benefits from war,
Oh, I wouldn't say so... :)
Consider: the world *entered* WWII still "broke" from the Depression -- in fact, the poverty following the Depression was a great "motivator" for not only Germany but also Italy and Spain, to engage in a war on the fascist side. But it *emerged* -- winners and losers both -- into prosperity (though some countries more prosperous than others).
A war gives a jump-start to industry, government-sponsored heavy industry in particular.... A serious blood-letting attendant on war, cuts down on unemployment... A war provides a "glue" to a nation involved in it -- vide the big jump up in "ratings" for Bush shortly after US invaded Iraq, when lots of people still thought we were fighting terrorists, not mirages, and when lots of people still thought it would be a "quickie", with little damage to us (other than in the arena of international relations, but, do we *care* about those?). Nations "at war" adopt a different mentality -- they're willing to put up with deprivations and abrogation of rights which they'd consider unacceptable during peace-time ... WWII was even "good", in some respects, for the lot of women, particularly in Europe; because there were so few men left, women had to work, thus gaining self-confidence and some "say"...
----- Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/
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