Skippy has pointed us to this very moving letter by army veteran Skot Pierson who contradicts views that "we are not a nation of greed and invaders". To point:
As for why we are in Iraq, the following is still public record in spite of the Bush administration's attempts to conceal these facts:Read the entire letter HERE.
The Washington Post reported that Halliburton, the company formerly headed by Vice President Cheney, has won contracts worth billions of dollars out of Operation Iraqi Freedom from no-bid contracts BushCo awarded it. Here is a partial breakdown:
Fully one-third of the $3.9 billion per month cost of keeping U.S. troops in Iraq is going directly to Halliburton.
$1 billion has been paid Halliburton through mid-August alone, plus ...
$705 million for an initial round of oil field work.
$142 million for base camp operations in Kuwait.
$170 million for logistical support for Iraqi reconstruction.
$28 million for construction of POW camps.
$39 million for base camps in Jordan.
$183 million for Afghanistan.
A staggering $300 million jumbo contract for the Navy, and (brace yourself) ...
An eye-popping $7 billion to put out non-existent fires at Iraqi oil wells.
The sheer size of Halliburton's incredible windfall from BushCo is breathtaking - and, there's no end in sight!
Do the math: Can there be any doubt why we are in Iraq?
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