We may as well stop talking about Halliburton and David Lesar. They are protected and will continue to make obscene amounts of money on this War.
Posted by Judith at March 12, 2007 12:12 PMLook, its painful to say this, but all the energy we focus on stopping the Iraq war by banging on the Democrats to do something plays into the White House’s plans.
Horsepucky. There is nothing more important than stopping the Iraq War. Nothing, nothing, nothing and nada.
Here're two reasons why:
“He Had Said He Couldn’t Make Sense Of The War Anymore”
25-Year-Old Sergeant Killed Wednesday In Iraq
March 02, 2007 By Curt Brown and Kevin Giles, Star Tribune staff writers
A 25-year-old Marine from Maple Lake, Minn., died Wednesday when a bomb exploded in Iraq, two days after a soldier with strong Minnesota ties died in a similar explosion. Sgt. Chad M. Allen, whom his father described as a "very well loved young man," was killed while driving a light-armored vehicle in the Anbar Province. He was on his second deployment in Iraq and was scheduled to leave the Marines on May 1, said his father, Steve Allen of Danbury, Wis.On Monday, former Coon Rapids resident Army Sgt. William (B.J.) Beardsley, 25, was killed by a roadside bomb in Diwaniyah, about 100 miles south of Baghdad. He and Allen were the 52nd and 53rd people with Minnesota ties to die in connection with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Allen’s father said his son had told him Sunday that he had been promoted to sergeant. Chad, the second of four children, had grown up in Maple Lake and graduated from high school there. Bart Kilgo, Allen’s friend since kindergarten, said, "He was an all-around great person, the best friend I ever had," Kilgo said Thursday night. The two played high school football together -- Allen played guard on offense and linebacker on defense -- and remained close friends even throughout their military careers. Kilgo left the Marines after serving two tours in Iraq.
Allen worked for a car wash and a landscape company before joining the Marines. He loved to fish, ride his motorcycle, and was homecoming king in high school, his mother said. "He was awesome, he was the coolest kid," she said. "He was very happy, very outgoing, never could sit still for a minute."
Beardsley’s stepmother said the same was true of her son. "He was always upbeat and in a good mood," said Dianna Beardsley of Blaine.B.J. Beardsley had called his father, Jim, in Blaine last Friday. When the phone rang Tuesday, it was with the news that Beardsley had died Monday in Iraq. A native of Muskogee, Okla., Beardsley spent three years in the Army right out of high school.
He left the Army briefly and moved to Coon Rapids in 2002 to work for his father’s excavation company. After three years in Minnesota, world events became more important than excavation, and Beardsley reenlisted, Dianne Beardsley said. "He saw what was going on and he really believed that we needed to fight for this cause because there was evil out there," she said.
But Beardsley’s support for the war was fading during the first seven months of his Iraq tour, according to his mother, Lavonna Harper, who lives in Oklahoma. She said she had received an e-mail from her son a few weeks ago in which he had said he couldn’t make sense of the war anymore. "I wrote him back and told him to be careful and keep his head down and his butt covered," Harper said. "I asked him what he needed me to send and when he was coming home."
She never got a response.
Beardsley was recently divorced from his wife, Stacy, who lives in Indiana with their 4-year-old son, Chance, and a 3-year-old daughter, Alexis.
Posted by Don Bacon at March 12, 2007 01:18 PMMark my words, this pig is being dressed up for a takeover by the sheiks. Remember Enron? They will take the money and ron, I mean run. And who's gonna audit them in Dubai.
Congress should block this move based on national security interest, and force Hal to cough up the book.
Posted by gungadin at March 12, 2007 02:21 PMApparently Mr. Soto does not have any family members in the armed forces in Iraq?
Stop the war now!....and do the other items on the agenda. Let the subpoenas fly!
Posted by Parallax at March 12, 2007 03:20 PMhttp://www.harpers.org/Halliburton.html
August 28, 2003:
It was noted that the practice of outsourcing logistical operations to private contractors was pioneered by Cheney during the first Gulf War when he was secretary of defense. Brown and Root won the first such contract, and Cheney was hired as CEO of Halliburton soon afterward
January 2, 2004:
A French magistrate was thinking about indicting the vice president in a bribery case involving a gas liquefication factory built by Halliburton in Nigeria.
The well connected and powerful know which way things are going to go after the 2008 election. What we are now seeing is the beginning of the flight of the war profeteers. Congress needs to be as aggressive as possible in investigations for the cronies are getting ready to make a run for the border.
And I ain't talking about going to the fast food joint.
Posted by herbal tee at March 12, 2007 05:36 PMHerbal tee, that's my take on it also. As I said, "Bush to Paraquay, Halliburton to Dubai, and Cheney to hell."
Posted by Judith at March 12, 2007 06:41 PMJudy,
Just like what the Nazi did after WW2. These people should be viewed and treated as political mafia.
So, the Halliburton execs are "cutting and running," eh??
Posted by The Oracle at March 12, 2007 11:37 PMHalliburton moving to Dubai is A SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS NATIONAL SECURITY RISK. The corporation will not be subject to ANY United States laws. Do not kid yourself, Halliburton’s subsidiary KBR is contracted to supply our troops with FOOD, LAUNDRY, KITCHEN SERVICES, BASE SECURITY, FUEL TRANSPORTATION and many, many other support and logistics services VITAL to operations in Iraq. When Halliburton moves to Dubai, our military, our Defense Department, our Congress will not have the LEGAL authority to make sure all contracts are followed and will not have the ability to punish Halliburton for failures. IF Halliburton decides to JUST WALK AWAY FROM ITS CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS TO OUR MILITARY, OUR MILITARY WILL BE TOTALLY STRANDED, NON-FUNCTIONAL, CRIPPLED, AND IN CHAOS WITHIN DAYS. HALLIBURTON COULD ALSO BLACKMAIL THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT AND CONGRESS INTO DROPPING INVESTIGATIONS OF FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE. THIS IS THE NIGHTMARE SCENARIO OF PRIVATIZING THE ESSENTIAL LOGISTICS PARTS OF OUR MILITARY.
I URGE EVERYONE TO WRITE, CALL, OR CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSPEOPLE AT http://WWW.MEGAVOTE.COM IMMEDIATELY, DEMANDING ANY AND ALL CONTRACTS WITH HALLIBURTON AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES BE REPLACED WITH AMERICAN BASED, AMERICAN HELD CORPORATIONS AND REQUIRE THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT TO ONLY ISSUE CONTRACTS WITH AMERICAN CORPORATIONS.