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ooglymoogly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 11:01 AM
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serious question: who profits most from the war in iraq?
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franksumatra Donating Member (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 11:03 AM
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1. president cheney
and haliburton types
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kiki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 11:04 AM
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2. Arms companies always profit from war.
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Coastie for Truth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 11:07 AM
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5. Lots of "defense technology" suppliers
and "defense think tanks" (who do you think pays all of those "Retired Generals" on cable tv and hires all of the freshly minted PhD's from Wolfie's graduate program at Hopkins?)
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cthrumatrix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 11:05 AM
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3. many...don't forget Bechtel, and other reconstruction companies
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 11:07 AM
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4. The Carlysle Group, the military industrial complex.
weapons dealers. Pretty simple, actually. Follow the money.
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TWiley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 11:09 AM
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6. Conservatives, and the Carlyle group.
The repukes have attacked our civil liberties, liberated two foriegn countries from their mineral wealth, and dried up all funding for social programs through excessive military costs, and security.

That's pretty good for a couple lies and a days work.
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 11:09 AM
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7. Wars drive up the price of commodities (read oil)
by creating artificial scarcities. Just wait until we move in on Iran and Saudi Arabia.
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 11:11 AM
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8. George W. bush.
It let him keep the presidency of the United States.

Cheney; he got to keep the vp slot.

Halliburton et al; they're war-profiteering BIG time.

NEVER have the above had it so damn GOOD!!!
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Acryliccalico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 11:37 AM
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9. China!!!
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