What ever happened to the term "war profiteer"?

[richabk]

Yeah, it may only be a term from all the movies I've seen over
the years, but didn't companies fear the term "war profiteer"
back in WWII? Didn't there used to be congressional inquiries
into such allegations?

With all the profits Halliburton and other companies are making
off Iraq, why aren't they being slapped with that term? Would
they even care?

[KG]

1. i consider 'Halliburton' to be synonomous to "war profiteer"

[aresef]

2. Because anybody who does hates the troops and therefore America.

That's the all-purpose answer for criticism these days. Where have you been?

[peekaloo]

3. aka "no bid contract" and "contractor"

spreading democracy ain't cheap.

:sarcasm:

[elehhhhna]

4. HAL & KBR trademarked it and took it out of circulation.

[Sal Minella]

5. When the War Profiteers are in power, no one dares call them

by that name. "When traitors rule, then none dare call it treason" department.

[rzemanfl]

6. It has been changed to "Republican businessman" (as opposed

to Republican fundamentalist Christian morons, the other variety of Republican, one who does not profit from War but gets off on explosions and big assed military equipment).

[Q]

7. There are no inquiries because...

...now Congress shares the booty.

[wishlist]

8. Making obscene profits is a praiseworthy virtue under Bush/Cheney & Co.

The only ones I'm aware of bringing up the waste and abuse of the war profiteers are Sen. Frank Lautenberg and the handful of Democratic Senators who have held hearings seen only in the middle of the night on CSPAN that no one pays any attention to.

[shance]

9. Not to worry. It's making quite a come back.

n/t

[Torgo Johnson]

10. War profiteers have PR reps now

By the way, check out the book Toxic Sludge is Good for You. It is a great expose of how PR companies have helped screw us over.

www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy.html

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

11. In Rovespeak, War Profiteer is now equated with "Pious Christian."

[indepat]

12. If no WMD or Iraqi ties to Osama, may I nominate war profiteering

as the most obvious by-product even if not the most likely reason?

[stepnw1f]

13. I Use that Term with "Bush" All the Time

Republicans silently know it fits him well...