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In reply to the discussion: NEW DETAILS: "CIA repeatedly and urgently began to warn the White House that an attack was coming" [View all]monicaangela
(1,508 posts)you have uncovered the truth of it all, and, it continues today with our ever widening war front in the world. The profiteers are raking in the cash as we now turn our attention to Africa with the new drone bases popping up all over the place over there:
https://publicintelligence.net/us-drones-in-africa/
As long as the weapons manufacturers and thereby the groups like Carlyle and others continue to make money we, the people of this nation will continue to spend our hard earned tax dollars and war and more war, and less and less education, infrastructure, healthcare, etc., and the Oligarch's who don't realize evidently the havoc they are causing in the world are going to continue to celebrate and rake in the $$$$$$$$.
A relatively small handful of federal contractors are responsible for the lions share of the $92 billion in fines, settlements, and court judgements assessed for defrauding taxpayers and other forms of contractor misconduct since 1995, according to a newly updated database published by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO).
https://theintercept.com/2015/11/13/pogo-contractors-study/
You are absolutely correct delrem it always comes back to GREED.