War Profits

2009

2009-02-23 “Buy when there’s blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own”.

https://libertythroughwealth.com/2020/03/26/way-to-wealth-invest-when-blood-streets/

https://investorplace.com/hypergrowthinvesting/2025/04/this-is-what-it-looks-like-to-buy-stocks-when-theres-blood-in-the-streets/

https://www.bitget.com/wiki/when-there’s-blood-in-the-streets-quote

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/012116/warren-buffett-be-fearful-when-others-are-greedy.asp

PAY WALL https://www.forbes.com/2009/02/23/contrarian-markets-boeing-personal-finance_investopedia.html

2025

2025-09-18 During an interview, the Israeli Minister said Gaza would be a “real-estate bonanza” after the war. An article quoted Smotrich saying he started negotiations with the US on how to divide Gaza, claiming there was a business plan sitting on Trump’s desk, and declaring the “demolition phase” was complete.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/middleeast/israel-smotrich-gaza-land-intl

2026 January

2026-01-28 New York city comptroller Mark Levine encouraged people to reinvest the city’s pension funds in Israeli bonds. In response, protestors stated, “Levine says it’s profitable to invest in the Israeli bonds. He says that they are solid investments with high returns. It’s not surprising that a war economy is profitable. That’s what Israel’s economy is. It’s a war economy. That’s why there is high yields. But buying these bonds only ensures the injustice and the system of occupation continues”.

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/9/headlines/protesters_outside_nyc_comptrollers_office_demand_divestment_of_pension_funds_from_israeli_bonds

https://mondoweiss.net/2026/02/can-activists-stop-nyc-from-reinvesting-in-israel-bonds/

SUBSCRIPTION WALL https://100daysofzohran.thepolisproject.com/levine-signals-reinvestment-of-city-pension-funds-in-israeli-bonds-as-mamdani-opposes-the-move/

2026 March

2026-03-09 Lindsey Graham said the Iran war would make the U.S. “a ton of money.”

https://people.com/lindsey-graham-brags-make-ton-of-money-iran-war-11922350

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/9/we-are-going-make-a-tonne-of-money-us-senator-graham-on-us-war-on-iran

2026 April

2026-04-15 JD Vance and Mike Johnson backed up Trump after he admonished the Pope for condemning war. Vance said the pope should “be careful talking about theology.” Mike Johnson said “There’s something called the Just War Doctrine”. The Pope later wrote, “Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth,” warning the world is currently “ravaged by a handful of tyrants”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taNi3btpaLs&list=WL&index=1

https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2026/04/16/pope-leo-cameroon-peace/

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-04/pope-bamenda-woe-to-those-who-manipulate-religion-military.html

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-pope-warns-of-tyrants-spending-billions-on-wars https://catholicreview.org/us-bishops-doctrine-chair-defends-churchs-just-war-tradition-after-vance-comments/

SUBSCRIPTION WALL https://www.thedailybeast.com/catholic-bishops-deliver-brutal-slap-down-to-convert-jd-vance-after-lecturing-pope-leo-xiv-on-theology/

PAY WALL https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/04/15/us-bishops-rebuff-jd-vance-after-he-says-pope-should-be-careful-talking-about-theology/

https://catholicreview.org/us-bishops-doctrine-chair-defends-churchs-just-war-tradition-after-vance-comments/

SUBSCRIPTION WALL https://www.thedailybeast.com/catholic-bishops-deliver-brutal-slap-down-to-convert-jd-vance-after-lecturing-pope-leo-xiv-on-theology/

PAY WALL https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/04/15/us-bishops-rebuff-jd-vance-after-he-says-pope-should-be-careful-talking-about-theology/

2026-04-17 The worlds 100 top oil and gas companies banked $30M per hour during the first month of the Israeli-Iran war.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/big-oil-huge-war-windfall-consumers

https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/unearned-profit-is-an-interesting-idea-no

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/16/headlines/the_guardian_top_oil_and_gas_companies_made_30m_per_hour_in_windfall_profits_from_iran_war