Briody, The Halliburton Agenda, The Politics of Oil and Money

Published in 2004, this book tells how Kellog, Brown & Root and Halliburton began, how KBR boosted the career of Johnson in exchange for his support in obtaining government contracts through WWII and the Viet Nam, how Halliburton and KBR merged, hired Cheney as CEO and continued to obtain lucrative government contracts. This small book (237 hardback pages, medium-sized print) packs a lot of information and is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand what is going on in Iraq.

This book causes me to predict that our abrupt exit from Iraq will be ordered, as was our exit from Viet Nam, as soon as the money to fund Halliburton's construction projects there or their contract to do so runs out either for political or financial reasons.

Do you remember that Bush's response to the horrors of Abu Ghraib was, "We'll tear that prison down and build a new one?" The Halliburton Agenda explains why that solution, which seemed completely irrelevant to me, made perfect sense to Bush. Building the prison would have provided Halliburton yet another multi-million dollar construction project, which is the whole point.

One interesting coincidence is the fact that Bin Laden's family is in the same business as Halliburton. No innuendo meant. I have no reason to think Bin Laden profited from any of our war construction projects. I just think it is a strange coincidence.

Where was Poppy nov. 22 1963?

after you read Briody's book.

became a board member of Halliburton before being destroyed by the Nixon fiasco.