Proud as punch of the Patriot? Amazed at the quiet swish and lethal accuracy of the Tomahawk? Awed by the Apache helicopter and its tank-killing Hellfire missile? So, too, are the U.S. military services, the Bush Administration, the Congress -- and a host of defense contractors eager to turn the war-born popularity of their fearsome weapons into a new splurge of arms spending and big profits. Such is the congressional passion for these high-tech marvels that a new "war dividend" of great value to many people -- but decidedly not to the beleaguered American taxpayer -- is being doled out on...
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