War reactivates economy?

I’m not sure if this has been discussed here but i started med school and hadn’t had time to post.

I posted this in IMHO because although is is part rant, I don’t have all the facs and don’t wanna make strong accusations.

So, sez Dubya, war will reactivate the economy. How? Even if there were a good explanation, this seems diabolical to me.
War kills people.
War reactivates economy.

Killing people makes money for the U.S.
Please explain to me taht this isn’t what Bush was trying to say.
Feels like exactly the opposite your great country is supposed to be about.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=159239&highlight=supposed+good+economy

> Of course that’s just me, I could be wrong.
Probably right there.