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moof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-05 08:29 PM
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The war is not a failure for those that wanted it.
Oil was $20 and the military was getting about $300 billion a year before the war.
Now the oil is more than double and the military is getting over $400 billion a year.

Looks like everything is just fine for the people, the real people that really matter not all us slaves and peons at the bottom of the so called middle class, oh sorry the upper middle class.
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xray s Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-05 08:32 PM
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1. One more point
I don't have the figures, but if you look at the jump in military contractor spending, I think you will see the war profiteers are profitting handsomely.
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-05 08:33 PM
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3. War profiteering is also illegal.
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TwentyFive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-05 08:42 PM
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5. But, does the illegal President really care?
I mean, if you steal the Presidency in the most powerful country on earth...a little crime like war profiteering of billions probably goes by unnoticed...especially for such a dim bulb as George Bush.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-05 08:33 PM
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2. I'm sure Halliburton is ecstatic about the war
Edited on Sat Jun-18-05 08:34 PM by Skittles
like the good little war-profiteers they are
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-05 08:42 PM
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4. Exxon Mobil And The Military Industrial Complex Should Be Very Happy...
I'm sure they will continue to shovel millions of dollars one way or another into the NEOCON's coffers.
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natrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-05 08:51 PM
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6. not only all that but the outright theft of billions
a group of hillbilly crooks
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