Memorial Day Critique: US Military Serves Capital, Not Country

A Naked Capitalism article argues that US military personnel serve the interests of transnational capital, oligarchs, and foreign powers rather than the American people. It cites Trump's dismissive comment about losing 13 troops, foreign acquisitions of US assets (Sun Pharma's $11.75B purchase of Organon, Mitsubishi's $7.5B energy deal), and 45 million acres of foreign-owned farmland. The piece links Peter Thiel's Palantir to Pentagon kill chains and AI expansion, criticizes eugenicist rhetoric from Thiel, Musk, and Sacks, and notes that 30,000 veterans are homeless while the military faces a recruitment crisis. It concludes that service members are dying for Zionist ambitions, Epstein secrets, and Wall Street profits.