Grand Theft Pentagon - They made a killing on terrorism

[zengrifter]

"From the war room at the White House to the board room of Halliburton, Grand Theft Pentagon is a harrowing trip through the new imperial order, where the weapons companies make a killing, while the citizens of the world cower under the shadow of perpetual war."

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Grand Theft Pentagon
Tales of Corruption and Profiteering in the War on Terror

By JEFFREY ST. CLAIR
Common Courage Press
November 2005
360 Pages

Grand Theft Pentagon tells the scandalous story of how some of the world's mightiest and must ruthless corporations exploited the tragic events of 9/11 to make billions upon billions in the form of government contracts with the connivance of the Bush administration. In a riveting work of investigative reporting, Jeffrey St. Clair shines a merciless searchlight into some of the murkiest corners of the Pentagon, exposing the sweatheart deals between the defense department and its favorite coterie contractors: Boeing, Bechtel, Halliburton and the Carlyle Group.

Among the many explosive revelations in Grand Theft Pentagon is a first--hand account from an emissary to Afghanistan of how the Bush administration refused an offer by the Taliban to turn over Osama Bin Laden and his top leadership. They wanted total war instead. First on Afghanistan, then Iraq. In shocking detail, St. Clair unveils how the Bush administration hired a team of marketing and PR executives to sell their fraudulent war claims to a panic--striken public, a complicit congress engorged with arms PAC money and a gullible national press corps. Here you will find scathing portraits of the enablers of this corrupt system---- from George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld, to Senators Ted Stevens and the pseudo--maverick John McCain---- and the war profiteers themselves, from DynCorp and Lockheed to the devious machinations of the RAND, Corp and Magnequench, the missile company that outsourced its work to China.

In the wake of 9/11, the Pentagon was handed a blank check, which it used to resurrect some of the most baroque relics of the Cold War, from the B--2 steath bomber and the F--22 fighter to the most fanciful of all boondoggles, the $80 billion Star Wars missile defense system. In this hard--hitting exposé, St. Clair shows, through the use of the Pentagon's own damning internal documents, that none of these big ticket weapons systems are needed and that none of them has ever worked as advertised. Indeed, these destabilizing arms programs have backfired, hurling the nation to the brink of bankruptcy and sparking a new global arms race.

...more - http://www.counterpunch.org/grandtheft.html

[zengrifter]

I think this is ready for a bump to the top. zg

[aslan]

Regarding Iraq, President Bush acted in a way that he truly believed was in the best interest of America. There is no doubt in my mind. Have a nice day.

[zengrifter]

Originally Posted by aslan

Regarding Iraq, President Bush acted in a way that he truly believed was in the best interest of America. There is no doubt in my mind. Have a nice day.

Bush has never once acted in the way that you beleive! zg

[aslan]

Originally Posted by zengrifter

Bush has never once acted in the way that you beleive! zg

What have you been smoking?

[zengrifter]

Originally Posted by aslan

Attachment 905What have you been smoking? Attachment 904

The good sh*t, because it OPENS THE MIND! zg

[zengrifter]

The Dark Side - The War On Terror

By Frosty Wooldridge

7-30-8

'The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals' By Jane Mayer Few Americans notice how easily media molds, shapes and creates public opinion. Fewer still understand the power of a president to create a lie that changes history.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon Baines Johnson and George W. Bush stand in the pantheon of presidents that lied to the American public. All of them sent uncounted tens of thousands to their deaths. Back in high school, rumors 'planted' by an individual or group caught fire with horrendous consequences to the victim.

Once the rumor started, the targeted person could never recover his/her honor. Historians understand that FDR knew about the imminent attack on Pearl Harbor, but made sure no one raised a finger to prepare for or repel it. Much like the 'rumor' of the "Gulf of Tonkin Resolution" that drew the United States into the Vietnam War, it proved to be a fraud, or an excuse to send 58,000 young men to their deaths and 350,000 into lives of horror from their wounds.

As reported in a previous column, more than 150,000 U.S. veterans committed suicide-thus the Vietnam War killed well beyond its ending. Additionally, thousands upon thousands of veterans died from cancers created by exposure to Agent Orange and other toxic chemicals.

When you think of the several million Vietnamese who died in that 10 year horror, it's a wonder how George Bush created another 'rumor' 30 years later that kills so many for nothing. Today, while few defend Bush's outright lie of "Weapons of Mass Destruction" in Iraq, his 'rumor' killed 4,000 young men, women, kids, fathers, mothers and wounded 32,000 thus far.

Yet, some defend him. "We better get them over there before they come over here," spout Bush supporters.

MORE- http://rense.com/general82/dark.htm

[Opinion]

The actual dark side is the thousands around the world who have died at the hands of terrorist Muslim extremists.

[aslan]

Originally Posted by zengrifter

The good sh*t, because it OPENS THE MIND! zg

The $64,000 question is, "What does it open the mind to?"

[zengrifter]

Originally Posted by aslan

Attachment 912The $64,000 question is, "What does it open the mind to?" Attachment 913Attachment 914Attachment 909Attachment 910

Exactly! (Its called REALITY) zg