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Exactly what did VP Cheney "gain"? He was already powerful, he was already rich, what did he gain? He is a multimillionaire, vice president of the USA, president of the senate, a leader in his party, a leader in industry, what did he gain? What evidence do you have that Cheney would intentionally and purposelly murder 1000's of American's?
Dick Cheney: War Profiteer
Congress Must Cut Off Bush Family War Profits
Looting Iraq by Executive Order
George W. Bush
TUESDAY, JUL 25, 2000 12:30 PDT
Conflict of interest
Activist Pratap Chatterjee says Dick Cheney's move from Defense to the world's largest oil services company illustrates how business and government make money at the expense of the environment.
Before he was tapped to be George W. Bush's running mate, Dick Cheney was best known for his years as secretary of defense under President George Bush.
But after he left government, Cheney became CEO of Halliburton Co., the world's largest oil services company, which he joined in 1995. With Bush himself a former oil executive tapping Cheney, the former secretary's years at Halliburton are sure to receive scrutiny. A Reuters headline Tuesday screamed "Bush-Cheney is U.S. oil industry dream team," doing the Gore campaign's dirty work for them.
Halliburton does business in more than 120 countries and employs more than 100,000 people worldwide. Most interesting, in light of Cheney's work as defense secretary during the Gulf War, the company made hundreds of millions of dollars cleaning up after that war in Kuwait.
As Democrats race for their paint brushes to color the GOP ticket black, for big oil, Salon talked to activist Pratap Chatterjee, who has monitored the oil industry, and Halliburton, for years. Chatterjee is author of "The Earth Brokers: Power, Politics and World Development," and the architect of a World Bank spoof site on the Internet. He has also worked with Project Underground, a Berkeley, Calif., group which monitors the activities of the oil industry, and the environmental impacts of oil drilling projects
Halliburton is the world's largest oil services company. It was started in 1916, and it became the biggest employer in Houston. It's very prominent in Texas. The thing that really made it big was when Dick Cheney took it over and merged it with Dresser Industries. After the merger, they became a kind of one-stop shop for all the different elements and services involved in drilling for oil. Whether you need a drill bit or seismic testing, they offer the complete array of services. Halliburton is now the biggest company in that business. They are in 120 countries around the world. Their income last year was $15 billion.
Published on Tuesday, September 5, 2000 in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Lingering Question: Is Dick Cheney Guilty Of War Crimes Against Iraqis?
by Robert Jensen
There has been much criticism lately of Republican vice-presidential candidate Dick Cheney�s business record -- the propriety of his stock options, his role in getting government contracts, and whether or not he earned the millions he was paid. Earlier this summer we also heard much about some of Cheney�s less compassionate conservative votes in Congress -- against gun control, Head Start and Nelson Mandela.
KBR Got Bonuses for Work that Killed Soldiers
The Department of Defense paid former Halliburton subsidiary KBR more than $80 million in bonuses for contracts to install electrical wiring in Iraq. The award payments were for the very work that resulted in the electrocution deaths of US soldiers, according to Department of Defense documents revealed.
The 25 Most Vicious Iraq War Profiteers
Halliburton Makes a Killing on Iraq War
Cheney's Former Company Profits from Supporting Troops
by Pratap Chatterjee, Special to CorpWatch
March 20th, 2003
23 CIA agents convicted
in kidnapping, torture trial in Italy
CIA station chief defense: 'I am not guilty. I am only responsible
for following an order I received from my superiors'
They acted under orders from Bush and Cheney. Today, however, an Italian court convicted 23 American involved in the CIA's kidnap and rendition/torture program.
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
Originally posted by Swing Dangler
What evidence would you accept as proof that the attacks of 9/11 were committed by individuals within the U.S. states government?
Nixon and his crew were fifty times smarter than Bush's bunch ever was, and Nixon even had a full time staff called the Plumbers to stop all the unauthorized leaks to the public. Not even he could keep Watergate from spilling out from some unanticipated crack (I.E. Deep Throat, who turned out to be the #2 man in the FBI). If someone came forward to expose a presidential backed break-in, then somone is sure as shooting going to come forward to expose a gov't staged terrorist attack.
Originally posted by hooper
Originally posted by bsbray11
I still wonder why everyone seems incapable of answering your question.
What evidence would it take to prove to you 9/11 was an inside job?
Are you "debunkers" so far gone that you would never accept anything?
Suggest something. Since I don't know what you mean by "inside job" I don't know what to expect.
Originally posted by hooper
reply to post by impressme
Offer proof that Cheney had anything to do with plotting 9/11. Besides your obvious political differences.
Back to the OP.
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
Originally posted by Swing Dangler
What evidence would you accept as proof that the attacks of 9/11 were committed by individuals within the U.S. states government?
That would imply you actually had at least some legitimate evidence that it was an inside job, rather than blizzards of idiotic innuendo, quotes taken out of context, junk science, and five degrees of separation, "Kevin Bacon" games, but that's besides the point. Have an insider who has intimate knowledge of the details of the conspiracy come forward and spill the beans, and provide details like names, time tables, and contacts. You know, like how every OTHER gov't conspiracy like Iran contra, Watergate, Laos bombing, etc. was exposed?
Nixon and his crew were fifty times smarter than Bush's bunch ever was, and Nixon even had a full time staff called the Plumbers to stop all the unauthorized leaks to the public. Not even he could keep Watergate from spilling out from some unanticipated crack (I.E. Deep Throat, who turned out to be the #2 man in the FBI). If someone came forward to expose a presidential backed break-in, then somone is sure as shooting going to come forward to expose a gov't staged terrorist attack.
Now here's the same question for you- what evidence would you truthers ever accept that would finally convince you 9/11 really was a attack by foreign terrorists, that you *wouldn't* simply brush off as disinformation from gov't secret agents? A public investigation wasn't enough. Photographic evidence wasn't enough. Eyewitness testimony wasn't enough. NIST, FEMA, MIT, etc reports weren't enough. Even bin Laden coming out and saying he was behind the attack wasn't enough. What the heck is left???
Originally posted by pteridine
reply to post by Swing Dangler
I would accept some inside jobbers explaining how and why they did it. Physical evidence of the "how." So far there is none. There is much speculation and many questions, but no real evidence, no complete story, no detailed proposal backed by anything.
Originally posted by 30_seconds
The problem with your statement is that there HAVE been people coming forward to say it was a government-staged attack. You just discredit all of them!
patriotsquestion911.com...
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
Deep Throat (who turned out to be the #2 man in the FBI) they ain't.
Originally posted by bsbray11
I didn't realize it took the "#2 man" from the FBI to come clean on what would be a very mundane political conspiracy compared to 9/11.
That says a couple of things to me. For one, none of the people "below" him at the FBI came forward. I wonder why? Maybe a little something called the "need to know."
Originally posted by Swing Dangler
So you, like Good Ole Dave, would only accept a person involved confessing to the crime as evidence that 9/11 was committed by individuals within the U.S. Government.
You state "physical evidence". Can you please list or describe physical evidence that would convince you 9/11 was committed by individuals within the U.S. Govt.?