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GOP votes down Bill to outlaw war profiteering

MKULTRA
18-06-2004, 22:50
*at least now we know the real reason why they invaded Iraq

Senate Votes Down Amendment Making War Profiteering a Crime
The Los Angeles Times is reporting the Republican-led Senate has voted down an amendment by Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy that would have made war profiteering a crime. The Senate also rejected a proposal to prohibit private contractors from interrogating detainees.

www.democracynow.org
Kwangistar
18-06-2004, 23:14
The real reason we invaded Iraq was to vote down a bill to outlaw war profiteering? Or to war profiteer ourselves?
Unfree People
18-06-2004, 23:24
I'm sure he means it was to war-profiteer.

Which is bull.
Iles Perdues
19-06-2004, 03:00
I'm sure he means it was to war-profiteer.

Which is bull.

Actually it was for the oil. Bull does not do well in arid regions.
Cold Hard Bitch
19-06-2004, 03:04
This is nothing more than a cheap plug for this site. Just ignore the troll.
Formal Dances
19-06-2004, 03:05
I'm sure he means it was to war-profiteer.

Which is bull.

Actually it was for the oil. Bull does not do well in arid regions.

It is bull! If we were after oil, we would've taken Saudi Arabia
MKULTRA
19-06-2004, 03:09
I'm sure he means it was to war-profiteer.

Which is bull.

Actually it was for the oil. Bull does not do well in arid regions.

It is bull! If we were after oil, we would've taken Saudi Arabia but then Bush wouldve had to attack his masters
MKULTRA
19-06-2004, 03:10
This is nothing more than a cheap plug for this site. Just ignore the troll.I agree--DONT FEED CHB (shes on a starvation diet) :D
Spoffin
19-06-2004, 03:14
Druthulhu
19-06-2004, 04:31
I'm sure he means it was to war-profiteer.

Which is bull.

Yes. Of course. It was just that Uncle Dickey's company, Haliburton, was so well equiped to handle the reconstruction job that it would have been pointless to open the job to free market bidding.