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In reply to the discussion: Is Obama Lying Us Into Another War In The Middle East For Oil? [View all]Docross
(39 posts)For the GREAT MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.... it isn't about OIL, it's about $$$$!
HOPEFULLY, our President, with help from France and the other countries, can stop these war moneymakers from getting what they want. Just to name a few we've seen all over the media lately:
General Jack Keane Retired:
Pushing for WAR: Left unsaid during his media appearances (and left unmentioned on his congressional witness disclosure form) are Keanes other gigs: as special adviser to Academi, the contractor formerly known as Blackwater; as a board member to tank and aircraft manufacturer General Dynamics; a venture partner to SCP Partners, an investment firm that partners with defense contractors, including XVionics,Retired General
Anthony Zinni, perhaps the loudest advocate of a large deployment of American soliders into the region to fight IS, is a board member to BAE Systems US subsidiary, and also works for several military-focused private equity firms.
CNN pundit Frances Townsend, a former Bush administration official, has recently appeared on television calling for more military engagement against IS. As the Public Accountability Initiative, a nonprofit that studies elite power structures, reported, Townsend holds positions in two investment firms with defense company holdings, MacAndrews & Forbes and Monument Capital Group, and serves as an advisor to defense contractor Decision Sciences.
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Now if we could just find out what McCain, Graham, and others have stock in... Cheney, we know - Haliburton! Pretty sure the Carlyle Group (Bush Senior, Colin Powell?) are invested in Mercenaries.