The Iraq war won't end until the profiteers are exposed and humiliated

[bigtree]

Bush, like his father before him, has used the American people to further his buisness empire in the Middle East and the blood of our precious men and women in the military is being shed to create a harvest of investment opportunities for the hacks who put him in office.

Political hacks who weaseled Bush into the presidency are taking advantage of the blood and sacrifice of our soldiers and the Iraqi people to create perpetual investment ground where opportunity follows the destruction ordered by this nest of Military Industrial Warriors. Complete destruction of the Iraqi infrastructure by our military has made it it possible for these crooks to hold a fire sale and rob the Iraqis of their resources while maintaining the illusion of clean hands back in some swank executive suite with their benefactor George the Conquerer on the line from Washington.

It wouldn't suprise me a bit to discover that they are blowing up their own oil pipelines just to create more investment.

Can anyone tell me how this is different from the terror futures that Poindexter was trying to pass off at DARPA? The worst that it gets in Iraq, the more opportunities there are for buisness ghouls.
What incentive is there for Bush to actually resolve the conflict over there? The more instability he can point to, all the more serves to justify the military presence there, which provides cover for this monopoly of Bushie carpetbaggers.


This company's existence was first reported in The Hill.
http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/i/1107/9-29-2003/20030929203006_05.html

http://www.newbridgestrategies.com/index.asp

Here are some ignored posts on this issue:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=438673

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=438023

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=436678

Can we have a long discussion of this? We should not succumb to scandal fatigue. We should not be so overwhelmed by the garbage that we avoid digging through and cleaning it up.

[aquart]

1. You can't be humiliated unless you can feel shame.

These babies can't.

Somebody taught them "greed is good." They divide the world into winners and losers. Winners get rich by schmoozing and connections and die poor because the winners took their money by buying legislators and making theft legal. Losers die poor of avoidable medical complications because the winners' hired legislators gut social legislation because the poor don't work hard enough to pay for medical care and therefore don't deserve it. Winners get implants and monkey gland treatments in Swiss clinics.

Winners get the good stuff. That is proof of God's eternal love. If you take it away, they don't feel shame, they assume that this is what happens when you put losers in charge which is why more legislators need to be bought.

[barbaraann]

2. It seems like there is more evil than we have bandwidth to handle.

Thanks for trying to keep this alive---but with the Wilson story it might be impossible to do that today.

[bigtree]

3. This is true

I'm cynical enough to believe that they leaked the Wilson story to cover for this one.

[barbaraann]

4. That thought did cross my mind.

n/t

[ElsewheresDaughter]

5. without a soul.....no shame

[bigtree]

6. As we are worn down by our cynicism

They are emboldened by it.

"Nothing can be done. The problem's too big. No one cares any more"

Rage! Rage against the machine!

[RichM]

7. Krugman's column is on exactly this issue, today - (link here)

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/30/opinion/30KRUG.html

[bigtree]

8. Thanks for the link!

Krugman:
"The really important thing is that cronyism is warping policy: by treating contracts as prizes to be handed to their friends, administration officials are delaying Iraq's recovery, with potentially catastrophic consequences."

[ElementaryPenguin]

9. You're right, Big Tree - scandal fatigue may indeed be setting in!!

It's nearly impossible to keep up with these prolific scoundrels!! It's a blitzkrieg of evil they're throwing at us!

[bigtree]

10. Evil never tires

"Good always leaves. Bad comes to stay."

[bigtree]

11. kick