Paul Craig Roberts provides an example of the state-of-the-art of war profiteering:
… Pentagon officials have told the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee in the House that every gallon of gasoline delivered to U.S. troops in Afghanistan costs American taxpayers $400.
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According to reports, the U.S. Marines in Afghanistan use 800,000 gallons of gasoline per day. At $400 per gallon, that comes to a $320,000,000 daily fuel bill for the Marines alone.
The canonical non-sequitur response - as perfected in the probation hearing scene in “Animal House” - is, “Hey, you commie punk! I’m not going to stand here and listen to you badmouth our Marines!”