When war is on the horizon, follow the money

[marmar]

When War is on the Horizon, Follow the Money
by Gary Ferdman and Myriam Miedzian

Pop quiz: Who founded the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq?
A. A prominent Iraqi political exile.

B. Bruce Jackson, former Lockheed Martin vice president

C. Neoconservatives William Kristol and Paul Wolfowitz.

Answer: b.

What does this mean? To understand our nation's foreign policy, including military interventions, follow the money.

This should come as no surprise. Our country is built on the profit motive; we proved its effectiveness by outlasting the Soviet Union.

While Americans understand that making money motivates McDonald's or Wal-Mart, and some are concerned about businesses donating large sums to influence politicians, most are unaware of how the profit motive helps shape U.S. foreign policy.

This is caused in part by our leaders draping decisions, especially wars, in patriotism. Take Iraq; President Bush leads Americans to believe that Saddam Hussein was involved in 9/11, has weapons of mass destruction, and threatens our national security. Once he invades Iraq, any questioning is portrayed as endangering our troops and homeland.

The complete article is at: http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0823-28.htm

[Virginia Dare]

1. If you look at who was installed at the Pentagon...

after Bush took over in 2000, you will see that is was stacked to the ceiling with defense contractor insiders. It was always meant to be a pipeline of money from point A to point B. DHS was a big old fat dollop of frosting on the cake.

Same way with HHS which was meant to be a pipeline to big pharma.

I could go on...