Pinto
Sep 11, 2003, 08:16 PM
ΚΚΚ Profit and loss
ΚΚΚ The American invasion of Iraq is what most wars are, a quest for power and money. In this case, the profit motive for those who planned this war is profound. Destroying Iraq funneled billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars into the coffers of defense contractors directly beholden to George W. Bush and his father, George Herbert Walker Bush. In fact, the elder Bush directly represents the interests of many of those defense contractors through his dealings at the Carlyle Group. Now we have entered the 'reconstruction phase;' more billions paid to U.S. contractors with direct connections to the White House, including the lion's share to Dick Cheney's former employer Halliburton. Cheney is still on the Halliburton payroll, drawing one million dollars per year in "deferred retirement" benefits.
ΚΚΚ In the fall of 2000, the American people enjoyed an unprecedented budget surplus following a period of record prosperity. There were those who eyed that wealth with resentment and greed: they would come to power. The work done by this Administration represents the largest, most rapid transfer of public funds to private individuals in world history; there is no equal. If Mr. Bush is driven from power tomorrow, he will have succeeded in his primary mission, which was to enrich his family and the families of his inner circle for decades to come. The Bush family and all of their old Nazi alumni have succeeded again: Their world remains intact for generations to come. The cost is the cluster-bombing of Babylon, tens of thousands of Iraqis maimed, poisoned, slaughtered. The cost is Marine Captain Ryan Anthony Beaupre of St. Anne Indiana, age thirty years.
ΚΚΚ Life and death in a foreign land
ΚΚΚ For American servicemen and women stationed in Iraq, the concept of a quagmire is not a subject for debate. It's a fact of life, and death. Prior to the invasion of Iraq, Bush Administration officials scoffed at terms like "clearly defined mission" and "exit strategy." It has not been 150 days, and the original mission, having proven itself to be a scandalous lie, is replaced by public relations banter, and the exit strategy is cancelled until further notice. The mission behind the mission that none dare speak of is: to maintain a plausible military presence in Iraq for as long as the American people are willing to pay billions upon billions of dollars to support it.
ΚΚΚ If you're an American soldier serving in Iraq today, the only way out is on a stretcher or in a body bag. Tour of duty assignments have been extended indefinitely for those already in-country, and with the Pentagon and the White House agreeing that no new troops are needed, that means no reinforcements. These men and women are pinned down on an island, in the middle of the desert. They are forfeited, not for freedom or democracy, all of which are sacrificed right along with them. Their lives are discarded for power and for money.
link (http://truthout.org/docs_03/091103A.shtml)
ΚΚΚ The American invasion of Iraq is what most wars are, a quest for power and money. In this case, the profit motive for those who planned this war is profound. Destroying Iraq funneled billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars into the coffers of defense contractors directly beholden to George W. Bush and his father, George Herbert Walker Bush. In fact, the elder Bush directly represents the interests of many of those defense contractors through his dealings at the Carlyle Group. Now we have entered the 'reconstruction phase;' more billions paid to U.S. contractors with direct connections to the White House, including the lion's share to Dick Cheney's former employer Halliburton. Cheney is still on the Halliburton payroll, drawing one million dollars per year in "deferred retirement" benefits.
ΚΚΚ In the fall of 2000, the American people enjoyed an unprecedented budget surplus following a period of record prosperity. There were those who eyed that wealth with resentment and greed: they would come to power. The work done by this Administration represents the largest, most rapid transfer of public funds to private individuals in world history; there is no equal. If Mr. Bush is driven from power tomorrow, he will have succeeded in his primary mission, which was to enrich his family and the families of his inner circle for decades to come. The Bush family and all of their old Nazi alumni have succeeded again: Their world remains intact for generations to come. The cost is the cluster-bombing of Babylon, tens of thousands of Iraqis maimed, poisoned, slaughtered. The cost is Marine Captain Ryan Anthony Beaupre of St. Anne Indiana, age thirty years.
ΚΚΚ Life and death in a foreign land
ΚΚΚ For American servicemen and women stationed in Iraq, the concept of a quagmire is not a subject for debate. It's a fact of life, and death. Prior to the invasion of Iraq, Bush Administration officials scoffed at terms like "clearly defined mission" and "exit strategy." It has not been 150 days, and the original mission, having proven itself to be a scandalous lie, is replaced by public relations banter, and the exit strategy is cancelled until further notice. The mission behind the mission that none dare speak of is: to maintain a plausible military presence in Iraq for as long as the American people are willing to pay billions upon billions of dollars to support it.
ΚΚΚ If you're an American soldier serving in Iraq today, the only way out is on a stretcher or in a body bag. Tour of duty assignments have been extended indefinitely for those already in-country, and with the Pentagon and the White House agreeing that no new troops are needed, that means no reinforcements. These men and women are pinned down on an island, in the middle of the desert. They are forfeited, not for freedom or democracy, all of which are sacrificed right along with them. Their lives are discarded for power and for money.
link (http://truthout.org/docs_03/091103A.shtml)
