Top 10 Most Brazen War Profiteers named and shamed

MobBoss said:
Thanks! I needed a list of successful companies I could invest in.

Special inspector general for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), released an audit of the Basra Children's Hospital Project, which was $70 million to $90 million over budget, and a year and half behind schedule. Bechtel's contract to coordinate the project was immediately cancelled.

You have no problems with this ????

Thats strange because you had a big problem with a senator going to a basketball game and then linked it directly to ethical and moral charactor.
Oh well its not like its gonna make a difference in Iraq the central battle for Terrorism .. right ? RIGHT ?
 
FriendlyFire said:
Special inspector general for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), released an audit of the Basra Children's Hospital Project, which was $70 million to $90 million over budget, and a year and half behind schedule. Bechtel's contract to coordinate the project was immediately cancelled.

You have no problems with this ????

Seems the contract was rightfully cancelled. I got news for you - a lot of such projects and not just government ones come in late and/or overbudget. Sack the people responsible and drive on.

Thats strange because you had a big problem with a senator going to a basketball game and then linked it directly to ethical and moral charactor.

/shrug. I believe in holding our elected officials to a higher standard than businessmen. You cant appreciate that? /oh well.
 
MobBoss said:
Those corporations employee people who are not crooks and who have families.
Are you describing corporations or crime-families?

One that employs "good" people and has leaders who have families doesn't mean their actions couldn't be unethical. That's why such films like Lord of War even though being quite provocative don't necessarily portray reality as they should because they represent the dealers of terror being somehow twisted minded crooks while the actual corporative leaders might be seen as family men who are sophisticated and philantrophistic but at the same time they do business that might raise few eyebrows because of their ethics.

That is exactly the problem with capitalism. People see that making profit is never unethical even though when it comes from other people's misery. Heart of balance doesn't feel sorry for anyone unless it's for himself when it's negative.

In other words some of these companies advertise themselves producing patriotic heroism while their real manufactured end product which they sell is death.

But of course as long it's your neighbour and not you, I guess it's alright.
 
My point was, I have friends that have ETS'd and gotten out of the service and as soon as they do, they take contract jobs for companies like this over there in order to make 100k-200k a year for the same exact thing they did in the military.

They are not bad, or evil people, but merely taking a nice paying job in a dangerous area....they already have done such work for much lower pay, so why not do it for 4x the pay?

Thats not "selling death", but doing a job that is available and where their is a need for their expertise.
 
MobBoss said:
They are not bad, or evil people, but merely taking a nice paying job in a dangerous area....they already have done such work for much lower pay, so why not do it for 4x the pay?
I wasn't pointing out that your friends are evil.
I completely understand if somebody wants to take such job offer.
MobBoss said:
Thats not "selling death", but doing a job that is available and where their is a need for their expertise.
Sure, it can be that and it's understandable since such expertise is hard to sell in other job markets. I do know this issue very well.

I was merely saying that some of the working methods aren't necessarily ethical and when it comes to areas where they are acting, there might nobody supervising their actions. Also these are suspicions (or proof) that some of these companies are hired by the governments to do their dirty job in certain places.

The private security sector is seen taking larger role in the many conflict areas around the world, your buddies won't have problem finding job if they are ready to take the chance.

Unfortunately some of these corps are becoming the "black (market) op's" of the 21st century.
 
MobBoss said:
My point was, I have friends that have ETS'd and gotten out of the service and as soon as they do, they take contract jobs for companies like this over there in order to make 100k-200k a year for the same exact thing they did in the military.

They are not bad, or evil people, but merely taking a nice paying job in a dangerous area....they already have done such work for much lower pay, so why not do it for 4x the pay?

Thats not "selling death", but doing a job that is available and where their is a need for their expertise.

The expertise in question being...? Oh yes, killing people.

Privatising the military is somethng that will be paid for one day, and not in cash... you'll see.

48000 PMC's in Iraq alone... would be surprising if you hadn't met a few.
 
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