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Halliburton Tried to Double Its Pleasure, FunPosted on Mar 29, 2006Even while a Halliburton subsidiary was being criticized for running up bills on a 2003 no-bid contract, government officials were finding similar problems on a simultaneous project.
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By Lynn, March 29, 2006 at 3:51 pm Link to this comment
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Felicity, hard to imagine but closer to the truth.
With the Iraq war the whole terminology has been changed to make it more ‘idealistic’.
Now the talk is about
‘Insurgents killing the new police force and the new army recruits of the democratically elected government and trained by the occupying forces’
In previous wars that used to translate in
‘The resistance killing the police and army collaborators of the puppet/Vichy government whose strings are pulled by the invaders’
We have to admit that it sounds now much nicer and less aggressive than it used to.
Although I have to add that I can empathize with the new police and army personnel, any job is better than having none at all.
Report thisBy felicity smith, March 29, 2006 at 11:36 am Link to this comment
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Lynn, after WWI they were called Merchants of Death in this country. Can you imagine a headline like, “The Merchants of Death and Vice-president Cheney” in tomorrow’s NY Times?
Report thisBy Lynn, March 29, 2006 at 5:55 am Link to this comment
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When wars were wars, i.e. aggressors and defenders, those profiteering from the war were shot.
Report thisNow they get a slap on the wrist and a second contract.