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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with war profiteering

With Friends Like the US, Pakistan Doesn't Need Enemies - Washington's Clumsy Approach Sparks Civil War
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Pakistan, Afghanistan, war profiteering, terrorism, military, abuse, crime, usa, ethics )

David
- 43 days ago - informationclearinghouse.info
Pakistan is paying an increasingly heavy price. Like a spate of previous Taliban attacks in recent days, today's mayhem in Lahore underscored fears that the principal consequence of Washington's Afghan paralysis is the further destabilisation of Pakistan.
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Why Afghanistan Really Fell Apart - Regime Change V. Regime Modification
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Afghanistan, war, war profiteering, crime, corruption, dishonesty, ethics )

David
- 48 days ago - consortiumnews.com
Rather than "regime change," a more realistic goal may be "regime modification," accepting the need for compromise and coalitions, rather than insisting on total victory. Now, it falls to President Barack Obama to figure out some new formulation.
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ACT NOW! - Join Us at the White House to Protest Against the Afghanistan War on October 5th or Sign the Petition Here?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: afghanistan, war, war profiteering, warmongering, war OF terror!, abuse, politics, terrorism, usa )

David
- 66 days ago - iraqpledge.org
We are a nationwide network of individuals and organizations committed to ending the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and working for the abolition of torture, utilizing the nonviolent practices and disciplines of Gandhi, King, and Day. Join us?
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How to Make a Citizen's Arrest of a War Criminal
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war, criminals, war criminals, war profiteering, profiteering, traitors, liars, crooks, lying the U$A into a war, Bu$h war criminals, Prescott Bush, Bush Family and wars, International Court at The Hague, ICC )

Blue
- 544 days ago - smirkingchimp.com
1. Don't announce that you're coming, because the war criminal will escape. 2. Pick your war criminal. Here are their names, where to find them, and some of the charges against them.
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President Eisenhower -Warning on the Military/Industrial Complex - Part 1 of 2   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: President Eisenhower, military-industrial complex, war, troops, ethics, democracy, USA, politics, military, war profiteering )

Blue
- 581 days ago - youtube.com
President Dwight David Eisenhower's Farewell Speech, "Military/Industrial Complex", 1961 - Part 1 of 2
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Cashing in on the War on Terror
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war profiteering )

Eleanor
- 599 days ago - cageprisoners.com
On the day General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker are scheduled to testify before Congress on the state of play in Iraq, and the way forward, the ghost of Dwight D. Eisenhower will be hovering in the wings. And he won't be smiling.
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John Cusack Movie Takes on War Profiteers
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war profiteering )


- 609 days ago - rawstory.com
If guys who are statesmen on CNN are also sitting on the board and are shareholders in some of the most profitable defense contractors in the world and they publicly make the case to go to war, got to war, then create a new market with the war, come back
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McCain Rated As America's Worst Senator For Children
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: John McCain, Senate, abssent for children-related votes, politics, ambition, lobbyists, corruption, Republicans, Bush, war, troops, war profiteering )

Blue
- 640 days ago - thinkprogress.org
McCain has missed 57 percent of Senate votes this session, being absent or voting "present" for 8 out of 10 children-related votes. McCain voted "yes" to increase the minimum wage; his only other vote was voting "no" on SCHIP reauthorization on 8-2-2007
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John McCain's Double Talk Express: A Day At The Beach   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: McCain, lies, deception, propaganda, Republicans, war, politics, troops, Conservatives, war profiteering )

Blue
- 655 days ago - youtube.com
August 2006: "We had not told the American people how tough and difficult this could be. It has contributed enormously to the frustration that Americans feel today because they were led to believe this could be some kind of day at the beach." J. McCain
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Who Profits From High Oil Costs & The Iraq War?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war, usa, iraq, bushadministration, politics, oil, war profiteering, war budget )

PamelaLyn
- 744 days ago - getinvolved.pointofview316.com
As the price of oil approaches $100 a barrel, the US military is scrambling to stretch their budgets to cover soaring energy costs. Isn't it high time that the parties who are benefiting from high energy costs help fund the war conducted on their behalf.
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Shootings By Blackwater Exceed Other Firms in Iraq - New York Times
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Blackwater USA, war profiteering, mercenaries )

PamelaLyn
- 793 days ago - nytimes.com
The American security contractor Blackwater USA has been involved in a far higher rate of shootings while guarding American diplomats in Iraq than other security firms providing similar services to the State Department,
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Iraq 'Facing Corruption Threat'
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: corruption, war profiteering, crony capitalism )


- 802 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The reconstruction of post-war Iraq is in danger of becoming "the biggest corruption scandal in history", Transparency International has warned.
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