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In reply to the discussion: Have We Ever Gotten to the Bottom of Exactly 'Why' Bush and the Neocons Disastrously Invaded Iraq? [View all]Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)9. IMO, purely to feed the Military/Industrial complex. It gave U.S. interests a way...
...to have across-the-board feeding trough increases. This aspect should not be overlooked. KBR, Halliburton, all the other corporate entities which received no-bid contracts and which were able to offer exceptionally poor (or even harmful or lethal) "service" to the United States- these were the pigs feeding at the trough. Again, this is just my opinion, but if you use the Occam's Razor of "who benefitted" and "follow the money", they lead right back to the Military/Industrial Complex.
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Have We Ever Gotten to the Bottom of Exactly 'Why' Bush and the Neocons Disastrously Invaded Iraq? [View all]
xchrom
Mar 2013
OP
BushInc's spent 5 decades establishing New World Order and its global, corporate empires.
blm
Mar 2013
#29
They would have been washed up and completely out of power without starting a war.
Coyotl
Mar 2013
#17
Economic hegemony comprised of putting Social Security at the disposal of our PNAC -ian masters.
patrice
Mar 2013
#53
IMO, purely to feed the Military/Industrial complex. It gave U.S. interests a way...
Poll_Blind
Mar 2013
#9
I go with the "perceived slight to George the Elder" argument, only I think Porgie was
MADem
Mar 2013
#19
They were both loyal soldiers (even non military Condi) and would have obeyed almost anything...
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#27
Depends on your definition of kind. I think he is too intellectually non-curious to be an ideologue
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#55
I thought it was always painfully apparent. Others here have stated parts of it.
harmonicon
Mar 2013
#26
Right! PNAC wanted "us" to do it. + acquiring the "POLITICAL CAPITAL" to privatize Social Security
patrice
Mar 2013
#52
Q. So, why single out this one source of that kind of money coming out of the Arab world?
patrice
Mar 2013
#57