Saleem Bukhari
In a single day, $25 to $30 billion in profits were made, over 1,850 lives were lost, 16 countries were plunged into fear and chaos, oil prices soared to $119 per barrel, citizens had to pay $3.50 per gallon for gas and stock markets were completely shattered. These are not just numbers; they represent a deliberate game in which politicians, military officials and major corporate groups held the lives of ordinary people hostage to satisfy their greed. This game was never about justice or protection, it was played solely for money, power and profit.
In November 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu set a target to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader. This was not a military decision but it was a meticulously planned operation rooted in the financial and political interests of global powers. In December 2025, U.S defense giant Lockheed Martin immediately ramped up weapons production. This was no coincidence; at the same time, U.S Senators Boozman and Mullin purchased shares in RTX Corporation. In other words, first the plan, then the profit and finally, the bloodshed. This was the moment when politics, investment and blood were inextricably linked.
By January 2026, Lockheed had quadrupled the production of THAAD missiles, while Republican Representative Cisneros also purchased RTX shares. The U.S opened a joint missile defense center at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, not for defense, but to escalate regional tensions and prepare the market for future weapons. Every move was premeditated, every purchase and production was part of a bloody game.
On February 27, 2026, the Omani Foreign Minister announced a breakthrough in the Iranian nuclear deal, saying peace was within reach. Yet the very next day, February 28, Iran was struck. This was not the result of failed negotiations but it was a deliberate sabotage of peace, because the weapons were ready, the shares had been purchased and it was time for blood to be spilled.
On March 1, 2026, defense company stocks reached record highs, generating $25 to $30 billion in profits while thousands of people died. The world once again witnessed soaring prices, economic collapse and countless human lives cut short. The profits of these defense corporations were literally blood money earned from human suffering.
On March 6, Donald Trump met with the CEOs of the seven largest weapons manufacturers, and production was agreed to triple. This war was not about protecting the people but it was about maximizing profit. Meanwhile, ordinary citizens were left to face crashing global energy markets, oil prices at $119 per barrel and over 1,850 deaths across 16 countries. This was the price that the corporate and political elites exploited for their own gain.
The U.S Congress ostensibly voted against limiting war powers, yet these were the same members who attended every secret briefing and immediately purchased defense stocks. Peace negotiations were deliberately abandoned because they threatened the financial interests of the politicians and weapons manufacturers. The cost to ordinary citizens was not merely economic, it was profoundly human. Inflation, ruined stock markets, expensive fuel and casualties were the prices forcibly extracted from the public. This war was never about justice, security, or national protection. It was a premeditated game of financial and political destruction, in which politicians ensured the continuation of their blood-soaked business while ordinary citizens were sacrificed. Ordinary people paid with their lives, wealth and future, while politicians and weapons corporations grew fabulously rich. Every missile, every airstrike, every transaction, every political decision and every devastated market was predetermined. This game will continue as long as the powerful continue to sell the lives of ordinary people for their own wealth and personal gain.
