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Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers

If the point of the invasion was to bolster U.S. industry, why didn't we just leave Saddam in power?
 
I like the way people point to Iraq as if it is the first and only war in which a group of elites have profited.

I think any war from the industrial age onwards can fit into this category...

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Before I look, what flavour is this propaganda?

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Here's a summary:

The US war in Iraq is the most privatized in history.

The film shows how a few private "security" companies are profitting from the war.

The film shows some companies, such as Haliburton, doing really unfortunate things such as overcharging the US government for services, and not providing enough security for its own people.

The film shows the absolutely staggering amount of corruption and waste of money that is this war.
 
I like the way people point to Iraq as if it is the first and only war in which a group of elites have profited.

I think any war from the industrial age onwards can fit into this category...

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If the point of the invasion was to bolster U.S. industry, why didn't we just leave Saddam in power?
just go ahead and conjecture all you want that seems most plausible to you that the Bush administration is infiltrated by representatives of the "industrial military complex.":rolleyes:

The burden of proof is on you to explain that there is a somekind of shadowy eminence grise behind our President and his policy makers.:lol:
 
Yeah, I watched this... Really convinced me we need to dump the stupid companies who are screwing us over... War is one thing that needs to be fought by the government, anything else really doesn't work as illustrated in this video.
 
I've seen this one long ago.

Kinda late in this conspiracy conjecture, eh Phlegmak?

Iraq for Sale

Robert Greenwald
1hr 15 min 40 sec Oct. 9 - 2006
www.truth911.net


"A Robert Greenwald film about corporations in Iraq. To watch more great movies or learn the truth about 9/11, visit www.truth9/11.net"

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There is no available or verifiable evidence to prove that a Boeing 757 struck the Pentagon on 9/11. The airspace over the White House and Pentagon is arguably some of most monitored and defended airspace on the planet, yet the military only learned of the plane approaching the Pentagon minutes before the impact. The Secretary of Transportation on 9/11, Norman Mineta, testified before the 9/11 Commission that Dick Cheney knew about the plane approaching the Pentagon with sufficient time for the military to intercept and shoot it down.

The 9/11 attacks have been used by the U.S. Government to justify the War on Terror. This terror campaign legitimized the unconscionable occupation in the Middle East and the implementation of significant restrictions on fundamental civil liberties. A truly independent and open investigation is necessary to demand the release of withheld evidence and to find out the truth about 9/11.

Or, in other words it's a bunch of conspiracy theorists pondering on schadenfreude conspiracy conjectures.

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And, as has been pointed out by amadeus, if the point of the invasion was to bolster the US industry, I ponder if their could have been any more profitable deals such corrupt politicians could make with Saddam Hussein.
 
Find me a modern war where private companies haven't profited in one way or another. War creates a demand for supplies, weapons, vehicles, etc., having a higher demand means more money for the supplier, simple economics.
 
Find me a modern war where private companies haven't profited in one way or another. War creates a demand for supplies, weapons, vehicles, etc., having a higher demand means more money for the supplier, simple economics.

There are no empires in history where abstract, corporation-like entities have not existed. And thus every war, from the conquest of Gaul and slaughter of the Dacians, to the slaughter of the native Americans and the First and the Second world war, have had coporate interests involved. Iraq war is no exception.
 
The strange bit isn't reallt that corporations are eager to get a slice of the profits, but perhaps how generally acceptable to many Americans it seems that their tax-money is used like this.

Really, internationally the US is not known for cost-effective and efficient organisation, but for being rich enough to solve any problem by simply throwing more money on it 'till it works. Iraq seems a prime example.
 
This film is what shows some of the greatest flaws of capitalism, especially neoliberalism and no doubt shows the future of Iraq under American imposed economic system.
 
Yeah, well, maybe that's why Iraq is a complete failure.
War is expensive. Eventually even the US was bound to find some project too expensive even for its well-lined pockets.
 
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When Tenet hit the talk-show circuit last week to defend his stewardship of the CIA and his role in the run-up to the war, he did not mention that he is a director and advisor to four corporations that earn millions of dollars in revenue from contracts with U.S. intelligence agencies and the Department of Defense. Nor is it ever mentioned in his book. But according to public records, Tenet has received at least $2.3 million from those corporations in stock and other compensation.

It's a large part of the reason for lying the country into a war in the first place.
 
Kinda late in this conspiracy conjecture, eh Phlegmak?

Iraq for Sale

Robert Greenwald
1hr 15 min 40 sec Oct. 9 - 2006
www.truth911.net


"A Robert Greenwald film about corporations in Iraq. To watch more great movies or learn the truth about 9/11, visit www.truth9/11.net"

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Or, in other words it's a bunch of conspiracy theorists pondering on schadenfreude conspiracy conjectures.

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And, as has been pointed out by amadeus, if the point of the invasion was to bolster the US industry, I ponder if their could have been any more profitable deals such corrupt politicians could make with Saddam Hussein.
Ok, so some guys who doubt the official explanation for the September 11th attacks have posted Greenwald's film on Google videos. Their truth911 website is nonsense, but that doesn't invalidate Iraq For Sale. Even if Robert Greenwald himself was associated with the truth911.net website, that still doesn't invalidate Iraq For Sale.

I don't support truth911.net. I posted the link to the movie because of the movie itself, not truth911.net.
 
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