Who pays and who profits when the US goes to war? These excerpts were banned in Congress.

[Triana]

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld should be jailed

scandalous

[think]

2. Stuff like this is why America can't afford anything....

[cprise]

3. Further reading:

A Family Business Of Perpetual War
https://consortiumnews.com/2015/03/20/a-family-business-of-perpetual-war/

[Enthusiast]

7. That is sickening.

[cprise]

9. It gets worse: They're Clinton's main foreign policy advisors now!

The neocons have killed off their Republican host and setting up shop in the Democratic party:

This guy co-authored the Bush roadmap for regime change in the Middle East (developed the rationale for invading Iraq, Iran, etc...)

But Exhibit A for what Robert Kagan describes as his “mainstream” view of American force is his relationship with former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who remains the vessel into which many interventionists are pouring their hopes. Mr. Kagan pointed out that he had recently attended a dinner of foreign-policy experts at which Mrs. Clinton was the guest of honor, and that he had served on her bipartisan group of foreign-policy heavy hitters at the State Department, where his wife worked as her spokeswoman.

“I feel comfortable with her on foreign policy,” Mr. Kagan said, adding that the next step after Mr. Obama’s more realist approach “could theoretically be whatever Hillary brings to the table” if elected president. “If she pursues a policy which we think she will pursue,” he added, “it’s something that might have been called neocon, but clearly her supporters are not going to call it that; they are going to call it something else.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/16/us/politics/historians-critique-of-obama-foreign-policy-is-brought-alive-by-events-in-iraq.html

Clinton proclaimed that she “too deeply concerned about Iranian aggression and the need to confront it. It’s a ruthless, brutal regime that has the blood of Americans, many others and including its own people on its hands.” Even worse, she said, “Its political rallies resound with cries of ‘Death to America.’ Its leaders talk about wiping Israel off the face of the map, most recently just yesterday, and foment terror against it. There is absolutely no reason to trust Iran.” She repeated that claim several times for emphasis: “They vow to destroy Israel. And that’s worth saying again. They vow to destroy Israel.”

She vowed that in dealing with Iran, she will be tougher and more aggressive than Reagan was with the Soviet Union: “You remember President Reagan’s line about the Soviets: Trust but verify? My approach will be distrust and verify.” She also explicitly threatened Iran with war if they fail to comply: “I will not hesitate to take military action if Iran attempts to obtain a nuclear weapon, and I will set up my successor to be able to credibly make the same pledge.” She even depicted the Iran Deal as making a future war with Iran easier and more powerful:

Should it become necessary in the future having exhausted peaceful alternatives to turn to military force, we will have preserved and in some cases enhanced our capacity to act. And because we have proven our commitment to diplomacy first, the world will more likely join us.

https://theintercept.com/2015/09/09/hillary-clinton-goes-militaristic-hawkish-think-tank-gives-militaristic-hawkish-speech/

That shrill, two-faced war monger would not dare to repeat that Bush-era falsehood standing next to Sanders and O'Malley at debate.

[BeanMusical]

10. Butbutbut I thought that she wasn't a war hawk?

Her fans keep repeating that mantra so it most be true!

[cprise]

11. She's the patron saint of homeless conservatives

(...and a war hawk)

[BeanMusical]

15. +1

[uhnope]

17. I don't think Robert Greenwald or BNF want to be associated with Consortiumnews BS

[cprise]

18. Ad-hom loses the argument.

Glad this issue sets your blinker off, though.

[newfie11]

4. We've destroyed much of the ME all for money

And sadly no freaking end in sight. Obama just extended it.
Whose running this country? Are there threats being made to those that could stop it?

The inhumanity we have caused is deplorable and I am truly ashamed to be an American.

[cprise]

12. Thinktanks supporting AIPAC

appear to be driving that policy. http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017301771#post3

[Enthusiast]

5. Kicked and recommended! The American people need to see this.

This is the reason they can't wait to launch a new war against Iran. They want money! This entire economy is being run this way. The only concern is for profit consequences be damned.

[WillyT]

6. K & R !!!

[Uncle Joe]

8. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Triana.

[cantbeserious]

13. And Yet - Some Are Excoriated For Suggesting That HRC Is Paid By This Machine

And will continue the financial carnage as policy to repay her campaign donors so she can become the first female president.

America has officially gone mad.

[LiberalLovinLug]

14. K & R

[Thespian2]

16. Thanks for this...

Psychopathic CEO's of global corporations control America...They certainly control the 1%er...

[Triana]

19. Idiots who are worried about "big government" have been bamboozled.

It's big corporations we need to be worrying about. They're the ones controlling everything. Including the government. Citizens United bakes it right in.

[Thespian2]

20. Those idiots,

ie, Repukians, always increase the size and scope of government...stopping them and their corporate masters is 'way more difficult than getting rid of cockroaches...

[valerief]

21. This is the REASON for WAR. PROFIT. nt

[slipslidingaway]

22. Iraq is open for business ... Clinton urges U.S. companies to invest in Iraq

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/06/03/iraq.business.clinton/

June 3, 2011

"Iraq is open for business, and American companies should make an effort to invest there, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday.

"President Obama and I and our government believe strongly that expanding economic opportunity is as essential as building democratic institutions," Clinton said while surrounded by executives from companies as far-ranging as Occidental Petroleum, JP Morgan Chase, General Electric, Microsoft and Lockheed Martin, in a round-table discussion aimed at getting companies focused on commercial opportunities in Iraq despite its current "tough environment."

... The United States, through its embassy and consulates throughout the country, stands ready to assist American companies "to help create the conditions for investment and growth that will be broadly spread and create a ladder of economic opportunity for those willing to work hard," Clinton said. "Iraqis are looking to rebuild every sector of their economy, not only their oil sector but agribusiness, transportation, housing, banking and many others."

...Thirty companies were represented at the event in the Benjamin Franklin room at the State Department. The Iraqi ambassador to the United States, Samir Sumaidaie, attended as well."

[Duppers]

23. A must view video.

K&R for the whole thread.

Must read articles!

Thanks for posting this Triana.