Comments on: Transforming Risk Into Opportunity

By: The Great Society :: The Insider :: June :: 2006

The Great Society :: The Insider :: June :: 2006 — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 03:37:45 +0000

[…] Transforming Risk into Opportunity (Custer Battles), 06.03.06 [ Permanent Link | ‘); | ‘); | Technorati Links ] The Great Society © 2005-2006 TGS was created using the Firefox web browser and may notbe viewed as cleanly in others. Get a free website from Blogsome. Theme was originally designed by Lee Penney and customized thereafter. Projects Expose the Right Untitled War Profiteering Series TGS Extras Favorite Quotes iTunes Music Trends Recommended Books Monthly Archives […]

By: Will/ CYBORG

Will/ CYBORG — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:26:51 +0000

I worked for Custer battles, I saw many Operators of Custer battles, shoot, abuse, get drunk and do damanging things! And yes the money they made, many of us suffered because we didnt have the right equipment! 5 men died and many were injured! Where is the Justice?

By: lucash

lucash — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:16:25 +0000

Looks Good matt, keep up the good work

By: Cafe Politico » Will War Cost Republicans?

Cafe Politico » Will War Cost Republicans? — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:56:36 +0000

[…] UPDATE: Firedoglake has a great post up that really sums up everything that is wrong with the administration’s approach to this war- the corporate cronyism, the love of the almighty dollar, the incompetence, the inexperienced arm-chair-warrior neocons who have the ideology but not the requisite skills to run a war. Check out the post- it’s a good, albeit disturbing, read. […]

By: Nell

Nell — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:39:38 +0000

I really do appreciate the post, and the series. If (fingers crossed) someday soon we have a Congress that’s willing to look at the whole corrupt swindle that was “reconstruction of Iraq”, this series will be a great resource.

I’m afraid I don’t expect in my lifetime for this to be the subject of TV “news”. The ownership structure makes that out of the question.

By: Matt O.

Matt O. — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 03:59:30 +0000

Nell,
Yeah, this isn’t an investigative report. None of these posts are new facts (e.g., the media has reported on it). They’ve been in the public record for years. That’s not the point of this series, though.

For me, this is about putting it all together. Creating a timeline on an individual basis and trying to inject snark to dull the pain and anguish of a system gone mad.

I don’t know of many people that go to the corporate watchdog websites to look up these kinds of things on their own, or remember all these details since the start of the war. For some people, this is new information. I know I didn’t know everything there is to know about these profiteering actions.

I don’t know about you guys, but in my opinion, these companies are, among many things, part of the problem and not the solution.

By: Nell

Nell — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 23:46:09 +0000

Stories like that out there for the picking and we get coverage of American Idol scandals.

The bulk of the post is based on coverage of CB, by several different organizations. It’s a great post that ties a lot of things together, but it’s not as if Matt did investigative reporting for it.

By: steve cornell

steve cornell — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 20:05:26 +0000

General Smedly Butler said it best “War is a racket”.

By: Suburban Guerrilla » Profiteering

Suburban Guerrilla » Profiteering — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 18:07:38 +0000

[…] These alleged “people” getting rich off this war are real scum: Earlier this year, retired Brigadier General Hugh Tant testified in the war profiteering trial of CB that the contract to distribute Iraq’s new currency was “probably the worst I have ever seen in over 30 years” in the Army. He continued: […]

By: sedrunsic

sedrunsic — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 17:42:18 +0000

crap – that link is dead now…
sorry