"The Republicans have turned Iraq into a corporate welfare gravy train"

[leftchick]

This sounds fantastic! I can't wait to see it, even if it does turn my stomach....




Watch the Trailer here.....http://iraqforsale.org/index.php

Buy the DVD here.....http://iraqforsale.org/buy.php


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Robert Greenwald's latest film, Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (coming soon to a theater -- and a living room -- near you) is a devastating expose of how the Bush administration and the Republican-led Congress have allowed private corporations free rein in Iraq, leading to billions of dollars in profits at the expense of American troops, American taxpayers, and the people of Iraq.

Along with being a resounding condemnation of these war profiteers and their political enablers, the hits-you-in-the-gut documentary also highlights their shocking incompetence -- and makes a mockery of the GOP's "we can keep you safer" 2006 framing. How, by privatizing not just the rebuilding of Iraq but many vital operations such as training Iraqi police, providing security for U.S. officials, and interrogating prisoners?

The Republicans have turned Iraq into a corporate welfare gravy train, funneling billions to corporations that think nothing of cutting corners by sending their own employees onto the mean streets of Iraq without properly armored vehicles or supplying contaminated water to U.S. soldiers or charging $45 for a six-pack of soda -- all while leaving the people of Iraq dealing with wide-scale food, gasoline, and electrical shortages (to say nothing of a security situation so bad, people are having to change their names to avoid being killed).

Greenwald, the master of the issue-doc (Uncovered, Outfoxed, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price), has delivered a film that connects on both an emotional and an intellectual level. And, most importantly, it does so by letting the facts -- and the victims of the war's privatization -- speak for themselves.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20060907/cm_huffpost/028849

[emanymton]

1. No Kidding!?! It Is _ALWAYS_ About The Buck!

You have a profound sense of the obvious. Next you will tell me,

Bush Lied. People Died. Media Cheered.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. Kicked and recommended, this will put some of the

missing pieces in place for many who don't have a clue.... yet.

[leftchick]

3. I need to get this for my mother

She does not have a clue about war profiteering. She thinks "our freedoms are being protected" in Iraq! This will blow her mind!

[xchrom]

4. k&r

[TomClash]

5. K & R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ClintonTyree]

6. When will ABC be running this?

Right after "The Path to 9/11" I bet. Right? :eyes:

[Nikki Stone 1]

18. Oh yeah, right.

:kick: and R

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. I disagree. They have not turned this into a Corporate Welfare Gravy Train

That was one of the major reasons for the invasion from the outset!

Thanks for the information. I will definitely be getting it...hmmm, I think a discussion screening at my church one Saturday afternoon might be in order.

[leftchick]

9. I am sure it was THE major reason

great idea on passing this around!

[Pacifist Patriot]

11. I would bet you are absolutely correct.

Please don't think I was correcting you. It was just a quote I couldn't help but play with.

[leftchick]

13. oh no, I didn't think that at all....

I was just agreeing with you. :)

[Cassandra]

8. And New Orleans.

For Repukes, there's never a day so grey that it can't turn a profit.

[Options Remain]

10. the blackwater peice is terrifying

14,000 contracted mercenaries in the us.

[PassingFair]

14. Which piece are you referring to?

Something in the trailer?

[leftchick]

15. on the trailer link page

to the left there is an extra regarding Blackwater that you can click.

[PassingFair]

16. Thanks! Found it.....n/t

[indepat]

12. The heart and soul of the extreme RW neocon PNAC agenda: Amerika,

why don't you get this simple fact?

[DIKB]

17. Thanks for the heads up!

I bought it and got the Wal-Mart : The High Cost of Low Prices too for only $6.95 :applause: