Corporate War and the Fog of Greed Posted by Lorelei Kelly

People who argue that criticizing the defense budget (including the war budget) is the same as not supporting the troops are endangering the very democracy that our military sacrifices lives to defend. Our democracy, that is.

Looks like the Fog of War and the Fog of Greed have similar characteristics...Except instead of IEDs, tactical miscalculations,and collateral damage, you have mountains of unaccounted for cash, non-existent projects paid for by Americans and, I speculate, lots of new numbered bank accounts in Switzerland. (not to mention the prostitutes at the Watergate) Or you can just avoid helping pay for your nation's public goods altogether and move to Dubai like Halliburton. Excuse this redneck in me, but a whole lot of corporations are flipping off middle America. It's sad

"Running a private war takes accountability out of that war. Companies are, in theory, responsible only to their shareholders and their customers - their two sources of income, one of which they must pay back in profits, the other in goods and services. In the case of contractors in Iraq, the average Iraqi civilian is neither a customer nor a shareholder. Therefore the contractor, who is armed and dangerous, is not responsible for him or her."

If this college sophomore editor gets it, why can't all of our lawmakers, Democrats and Republicans alike? Forget about the Bush Administration. They are almost out of office. In my opinion, the privatization of war is the single biggest threat to our democracy that exists. Congress, DO SOMETHING!!!

See, those companies that have defrauded the taxpayers now have lots of dinero to spend on flacks and lobbyist/lawyers. The public interest has a tough time competing with K Street. And the people who could offer the best criticism are pledged to not do so by a professional code (that would be the military itself). We've already lost one Army ethics professor over it.

Although I'm sure many of these people used to work in the trenches on behalf of the public interest, don't get those intentions confused with their primary cause now. It's not the front line, neither for our soldiers nor for taxpayers. Its the bottom line. Like I said, it's sad.

Comments

[qawex]

To sum it up we do not have a "War on Terror" we have "Whores of Terror" i.e. immoral politicians and corporations hyping up and exploiting fear for profit and power.

[georgelarson]

Check your history. I do not think the Dutch East India Company or the Britsh East India Company ever waged war against the interests of their home countries. They supported and extended their nations interests.

[J Thomas]

Georgelarson, that is probably why the dutch and british empires lasted so long.

I notice that Halliburton has moved their headquarters to Dubai. Maybe they don't feel that the USA is their nation any more. Maybe they're ready to support and extend somebody else's interests.

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Congress shouldn't "micromanage" the war if it looked like Executive Branch was already performing that function as constitutionally, they're supposed to be the micro-managers.But since they seem incapable of doing that, well.... according to me, we cant really blame Congress for losing patience...