Do you think cheney and bush made any profit off of the war??
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"Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception."\n\n- Mark Twain\n\n\nCheney made the most and everyone got rich on arms stocks. Oil companies are at record profits despite being at the highest prices to consumers.
261543
Bush is rich, and so are his friends. Outsourcing helps the rich. Do you think he gives a damn about anyone else? Formulate your own answer.
1173405
Yes, there is evidence that this is true. The Bushes have a long history of profitting from the misfortunes of others.
1162628
Sorry...I sure don't have an answer for that one.\nBut boy, can they spend big buck$$$ on war!\n\nHmmm.reminds me of a Vietnam-era poster:\n"War is Good Business - Invest Your Son".
432296
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE MORE ABOUT CHENEY!!!!  The success of Bush Vice Presidential running mate Richard Cheney at leading Halliburton, Inc. to a five year $3.8 billion "pig-out" on federal contracts and taxpayer-insured loans is only a partial indicator of what may happen if the Bush ticket wins in two weeks. A closer look at available research, including an August 2, 2000 report by the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) at www.public-i.org, suggests that drug money has played a role in the successes achieved by Halliburton under Cheney's tenure as CEO from 1995 to 2000. This is especially true for Halliburton's most famous subsidiary, heavy construction and oil giant, Brown and Root. A deeper look into history reveals that Brown and Root's past as well as the past of Dick Cheney himself, connect to the international drug trade on more than one occasion and in more than one way.\nThis June the lead Washington, D.C. attorney for a major Russian oil company connected in law enforcement reports to heroin smuggling and also a beneficiary of US backed loans to pay for Brown and Root contracts in Russia, held a $2.2 million fund raiser to fill the already bulging coffers of presidential candidate George W. Bush. This is not the first time that Brown and Root has been connected to drugs and the fact is that this "poster child" of American industry may also be a key player in Wall Street's efforts to maintain domination of the half trillion dollar a year global drug trade and its profits. And Dick Cheney, who has also come closer to drugs than most suspect, and who is also Halliburton's largest individual shareholder ($45.5 million), has a vested interest in seeing to it that Brown and Root's successes continue.
1127212
No, not at all. \n\nAs early as summer of 2000, I was taking bets on when --- not if, when --- GWB would get us involved in a mid-east war (provided he secured the presidency, of course). Giving the military to George W Bush was like giving a hammer to a three year old. Suddenly everything looks like a nail.\n\nThere were so many other options available this evil man chose to ignore those other options in his rush to war. He has deliberately and dishonorably sacrificed the lives of our sons and daughters to his pride and ambition.
1027916
This is what keeps everyone in line who was at least marginally involved.  A LOT of money has been made by those who were involved, first and foremost, and any "truth revelation" would automatically implicate all those contractors (everyone that makes weapons), corporations (airline bailout anyone?), and private owners ($9 billion on the WTC property deal?) that may have had anything to do with it.  Many others were also given promotions despite their negligence on 9/11 for simply going along with the official story, whether they "made it happen" or not.  \n\nMany others have profitted immensely from the resulting fear of terrorism and the wave of nationalism sentiment after the attacks.  Ask any pro-Bush pundit what their book deals are worth, vs the not-for-profit anti-Bush liberals (Michael Moore is an ass and a very big exception).  Ask Fox News what this has meant for their ratings and their advertising value.  A LOT of public personalities owe their very existence to the events of 9/11.  If this truth should be revealed, they would quickly become irrelevant or traitorous.\n\nWhat would it mean for politics?  Both parties would be like on a sinking ship, fingers would get pointed everywhere, and 3rd party candidates might actually suddenly have some pull for better or worse.  Both parties are enjoying their monopoly on political power and the truth would be most upsetting.\n\nWhat would the truth do for the morale of the American people?  Those that fully believed in our benevolent govnernment and have had their simple minds be the subject of propoganda control for years will suddenly wake up and become VERY angry.  These same sheep that the neo-conservatives have been counting on for support will become their most violent opposition.  Fringe groups on all sides will capitalize on this power vacuum created.  Civil war could indeed be a possibility.
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I am a liberal and have never used the "war for oil" argument. The argument I use is "war for riches". It made no difference who we attacked, as long as we attacked somebody. Halliburton is recording record profits, and Dick Cheney by extension. Bush's father is making a lot of money through the Carlyle Group, which owns United Defense Industries, United States Marine Repair, and EG&G Technical Services, all of which are turning heavy profits from this war.\n\nAs for the correlation between Bush and gas prices, I think his actions have a direct, although unintentional, effect of raising them. It's supply and demand. Before the war Iraq produced 3.5 million barrels of oil per day. Now they are producing 1.6 million. Oil prices spiked slightly when the administration talked about attacking Iran for the first time - fear speculation.\n\nThere are an equal number of sheeple on both sides of the aisle. Blindly following anyone is not patriotism, it's stupidity.
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Cheney earned >$1.6 million /year as an executive at Halliburton.  Before he ran for VP he took out insurance on his value in stock options, which he received some income (~900,000) from until 2004.  As VP he earns $208,000/year.\n\nSo I would say that he didn't get into politcs for the money.
1048348
I think it would do a lot of good to get rid of BushCo. THe war in Iraq was something Chehey and company have been pushing for since the mid 90's. They invaded on weak intel and bad planning. They bussed in Iraqi Expats when they tore the statue of Saddam down. There used to be videos and photos showing the busses arriving. And instead of thousands like the administration claimed it was more like 200-300 people. This aministration has been repeatedly told by the military that they needed more man power to do the job and instead of listening they acted like a 2 year old and placed their fingers in their ears, and pranced around saying "I can't hear you." \n\nThere is also billions of dollars missing from the Iraqi Rebuilding fund from when Wolfowitz ran the CPA. Instead of accounting for it, he gets a pat on the head and appointed to the World Bank.\n\nIt seems that the more incompetent you are the higher you in. Question the President once and you're out the door.
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It's stocks and big business, weapons manufacturers, Oil Companies, forced inflation. You see it's a lot easier to make more money by raising the prices up then hiring more people to increase your production. You have done nothing but raise the price and collect the money. That is what the Republicans are about. War is is they don't serve in the military, and fight the wars, they just profit from the outcomes of the wars like George Bush, and Cheney have. People mean nothing to them and their people will never be in harms way. George Bush wont even go to Iraq, He sent Tony Blair last week, He is a sissy.
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At some time maybe. \n\nThe Vietnam and World War II Vets had to pay for their own, so Iraqi vets better start saving.\n\nI don't blame the Vets for Bush's war. I hope no one else does uither, though I would hope they would stop murdering people. Dear Marines, our image is bad enough, we don't need anymore military to go around killing 3 year old kids.
927334
If war was ever a worthwhile venture it would be different. But this is not war, it's a battle ground for control of a region and it's resources.  Unfortunately it's still out of control with no real solution in sight.  The Bush wealth wagon loaded with oil realizes that the loss of control means loss of wealth and the demise of an industry full of greedy corporate fat cats sucking blood from hard working commoners dependent on fuel to eke out a living.  Democrats somehow always seem to botch something and lose their governmental footage leaving the people without a prayer and under the feet of the Corporate based mentality of the Republicans. Hopefully this will change and maybe the Democrats can keep their zippers up. Unfortunately the surplus was squandered by Bush and replaced with a national debt that will trickle down to your great grandchildren.
300097
people who made money on the WAR... who supply the army in any goods.
389844
The Bush family has made all there money for years of of oil and dirty deeds. If you research it you will find there was a deal with Sadam about a pipe line to be built, And when he refused we went to war!! These oil companies are making record profits!!! No one is doing anything to stop them. And oil is part of the reason we are at war, to control more oil!!
109298
yes- in bush's mind.  and we sold weapons to both of them.
529353
HAHAHA....  yeah... Cheney has just worked four times harder than our lazy president... geez why doesn't he get off his butt and make a decent living... and it's all been only because of his hard work... it has nothing to do with the HUGE rise in Halliburton stock that has made him tens of millions over the past 6 years...