Olbermann and Greenwald expose war profiteers

Keith Olbermann, on his MSNBC program, Countdown, for Sept 19, 2006.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/

Keith interviewing Robert Greenwald, director of "Iraq For Sale", which documents the war profiteering taking place in Iraq.

http://iraqforsale.org

Fans of Greenwalds work, of which I am one, will also be aware of his production company, Brave New Films. And how very fitting that company's title is.

http://www.bravenewfilms.org

Being the savvy media channel that they are, they also have a Director's account here at YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/bravenewfilms

If you haven't already subscribed, you might consider joining me in doing so.

By now, I would assume you already know that Vice President Dick Cheney was the Chairman and CEO of Halliburton, following his work in the Nixon administration. And, as capable as I am of doing so, I will not belabor that point.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_cheney

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halliburton

But the number of former government and military personnel working at Halliburton, and vice versa, goes way beyond that, as Greenwald indicates here.

When I was in the service, the biggest thing getting outsourced to private companies on base was the chow hall. Now there are private companies doing just about everything the military is. Including the fighting:

http://www.blackwaterusa.com/

But that, as they say, is another story...

Another great resource is, of course, CrooksAndLiars.com, my source of this footage:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/09/19/iraq-for-sale-interview-with-robert-...

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[hytjy]

What does "snafu" mean???

[my15minutes]

It's a WW2-era US military acronym, short for:

Situation Normal, All F*#ked Up

[MasterMark123]

America is lost. It rotted from within. The Republican party became Fascist over the last decade.The Democrats don't have the backbone to stand up to them even with the majority of the House and Senate.

[buddyfreakinholly]

Check out my video. "Iran 2008, decide for yourself" Lets vote out the war profiteers.

[TheBardsofBalance]

We have a music video just released that captures this problem.

[jakeinsf]

War Profiteers:

Halliburton/KBR, Raytheon, General Electric, IBM, McDonnell-Douglas, Xe/Blackwater, Caci, Titan/L3, Bell/Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, United Technologies, Science Applications International Corporation, CSC/DynCorp, Exxon/Mobil, Unocal, Chevron/Texaco, Bechtel, The Carlyle Group, PNAC, Citigroup, Goldman/Sachs, Yum! Brands, Shell Oil, Occidental Petroleum, British Petroleum, United Defense Industries, Military Professionals Resources Incorporated

[Dehlila07]

some of the dems are on their side...like Clinton

[markbaland]

Republican leaders market the occupation of middle eastern countries to their sheepish followers as fighting terrorism or protecting Christianity against Islam, but it's all about corporate imperialism. Defense contractors, private armies, and control of oil sources and routes for present and future pipelines. Just Google Halliburton, Blackwater, and Pipelineistan.

[dsspike51]

Obama should retroactivly revoke all contractor immunities! That should immediatly change things.

[MasterMark123]

No Sir, These thugs stole the election with the use of dirty electronic voting machines in FL and Ohio as well as physically kept people away from voting places in FL. There were also reports that hundreds of Democrats showed up at the polling places only to not find their names on the residents lists !!!!  It was a coup plain and simple and they all got away with it. THAT'S the greatest sadness in this ... that the Dems just rolled on their bellies and played dead.

[thelittleleprechaun]

America only gets the type of politicians it deserves THEY VOTED THESE THUGS IN TO POWER 2990 PEOPLE DIED IN THE 911 DISASTER 345 OF THESE WERE FIREMEN DICK CHEYNEY THE PUPPET MASTER AND HIS PUPPET GEORGE BUSH ORDERED THE FIRE SERVICE TO KEEP QUIET AND THEY WERE NOT PERMITTED TO SPEAK OUT ON THE SUBJECT THEY MEEKLY ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN THE 911 COMMISSION OR SHOULD I SAY OMMISSION FAILED TO ANSWER HUNDREDS OF RELEVENT QUESTIONS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE VOICE RECORDERS FROM THE FOUR CRASHED AIRCRAFT

[AvangionQ]

War Profiteering on an egregious scale ... that the executives of Halliburton and KBR haven't been brought before a Congressional hearing to answer for charges of reckless negligence to the safety of our military men and women, and for embezzlement of government funds on a preposterous scale, is a travesty of justice that needs to be rectified - just how many *billions* have they stolen so far?

[moalboalfilmsociety]

I watched this video last night and it is nothing short of heartbreaking. The most interesting was in the special feature section, which showed clips from the Senate and House debates regarding many Democtratic sponsored anti-profiteering bills. Of course, they were all voted down by the Repub majority. Surprised it's not a huge issue.