Dick Cheney: War Profiteer by Tom Turnipseed Halliburton was the principal beneficiary of Cheney�s privatization efforts for our military�s logistical support and Cheney was paid $44 million for five years work with them before he slipped back through the revolving door of war profiteering to become Vice-President of the United States. When asked about the money he received from Halliburton, Cheney said. I tell you that the government had absolutely nothing to do with it. The Bush administration has dished out lucrative reconstruction contracts in Iraq to favored U.S. based corporations including Halliburton and denied contracts to many Iraqi and foreign based companies. To the conquerors go the spoils was the message on December 11, 2003 when Bush said, �The taxpayers understand why it makes sense for countries that risk lives to participate in the contracts in Iraq, Its very simple. Our people risk their lives, friendly coalition folks risk their lives, and therefore the contracting is going to reflect that.� Bush�s statement is a stunning admission of how much corrupt corporations control our foreign policy. Under Cheney�s leadership Halliburton out did Enron in using offshore subsidiaries as tax shelters to hide profits to bilk U.S. taxpayers. Halliburton also utilized off-shore subsidiaries to contract for services and sell banned equipment to rogue states like Iran, Iraq and Libya. This would be illegal if done directly by Halliburton. commondreams.org/views05/1117-22.htm
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 22:55:17 +0000
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