Follow the money?
Go rent and watch this DVD:
Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers
The amount of corruption and profiteering from the likes of Blackwater, Halliburton/KBR, CACI, and Titan is staggering! And the creators of this film are not lying about it either. Plenty of evidence and facts to backup their claims.
After watching the film, I feel that our occupation in Iraq has less to do with fighting terrorism and more to do with oil and government contracts. Do the math. The more troops we have in Iraq the more money these companies will make. The so-called “surge” in Iraq is nothing more than a “surge” in profits. For the past five years we let the Bush administration and our government line the pockets of corporate executives by privatizing so much of our military operations. All the while we were told that we were fighting a “noble cause” and that if we didn’t then the “terrorists would win”.
Some of these companies received these contracts without any opposition, any bidding, with no competition, and continues to be granted these contracts with little or no oversight. It should come as no surprise that Halliburton, the very company that Vice President Cheney was CEO of, got the majority of these contracts. As a member of the military serving in Iraq you can’t shit, shower, or shave without some form of intervention from Halliburton. What’s worse is that nothing has been done in Congress; no amendments or bills have been passed to ensure that these companies have proper oversight.
The United States government is being charged outrageous amounts of money with millions of dollars in overspending. This is your tax dollars at work, folks. If this doesn’t piss you off then I don’t know what to tell you.
I’m outraged beyond belief. I figured there was some corruption for sure…but this? Hell no! What they are doing is so un-patriotic, un-American, and un-Christian. It’s an absolute outrage! And we’re to believe that we’re actually fighting terrorism? The hell we are! It’s a lie, plain and simple. These people are profiting off of terrorism and the deaths of others. And it’s wrong…so damn wrong. So wrong that its about as bad as terrorism itself.
This needs to change. We need to stop the war profiteering. And you can change it by voting for someone who won’t put up with it any longer. McCain sure as hell won’t do it. I have serious doubts that Clinton will do anything constructive after her recent comments about Iran. So that only leaves one candidate left.
UPDATE: You can watch the entire film online at Freedocumentaries.org.
