Bilderberg and weapon sales
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Bilderberg and weapon sales is John Kiriakou's claim about what elite steering-committee gatherings are really for. He places groups like the Council on Foreign Relations and Bilderberg squarely within the "deep state." Someone he was once close to (a former associate who attended both Bilderberg and Shangri-La), who began attending such meetings, told him that whether it is Bilderberg or the Shangri-La Dialogue, "it's all about weapon sales", the presidents, prime ministers and billionaires may discuss big global issues, but "at the end of the day it all comes down to which defense contractor made what deal." More recently, he adds, the focus has widened to tech, central bank digital currencies and AI. Kiriakou has given a similar account elsewhere, saying a former close associate who attended Bilderberg, Davos, and Shangri-La told him that aside from a handful of prominent figures like Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, George Soros, and Tony Blair, everyone else at those conferences simply wanted to sell weapons.

See also

- Permanent wartime economy
- AIPAC
