Dave Zweifel
Cheney's Money Has Roots in Evil
Wed Mar 17 21:34:04 2004
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Dick Cheney is evil. There is a bit of evil in most human beings, but in Cheney it is easy to spot, although most people don't have the guts to say it.
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Published on Wednesday, June 5, 2002 in the Madison Capital Times

Cheney's Money Has Roots in Evil by Dave Zweifel

Our president has made it abundantly clear that Iraq's Saddam Hussein is the ringleader of what he calls the axis of evil.

Whether that's indeed the case is something that undoubtedly will play out during the coming months as the United States continues its war on terrorism.

What's strange, though, is that George Bush's own vice president, Dick Cheney, apparently didn't see either Iraq or Saddam as a big problem when he was making billions for Halliburton Inc. and millions for himself only a few years ago.

Halliburton's role, under Cheney's direction, was first outlined in a detailed story in the San Francisco Bay Guardian during the 2000 election campaign and has since been reported in other publications.

"During former Defense Secretary Richard Cheney's five-year tenure as chief executive of Halliburton Inc., his oil services firm raked in big bucks from dubious commercial dealings with Iraq. Cheney left Halliburton with a $34 million retirement package," the Guardian's Martin Lee wrote.

"Of course, U.S. firms aren't generally supposed to do business with Saddam Hussein," he continued. "But thanks to legal loopholes large enough to steer an oil tanker through, Halliburton profited big-time from deals with the Iraqi dictatorship. Conducted discreetly through several subsidiaries in Europe, the transactions helped Saddam Hussein retain his grip on power."

He went on to explain that Halliburton was among more than a dozen American firms that supplied Iraq's petroleum industry with spare parts and helped retool its oil rigs after the Gulf War and after U.N. sanctions were eased in 1998.

The Financial Times of London has estimated that between September of 1998 and the winter of 1999-2000, Cheney, as CEO of Halliburton, oversaw $23.8 million of business contracts for the sale of oil-industry equipment and services to Iraq through two of its subsidiaries, Dresser Rand and Ingersoll-Dresser Pump.

Under Cheney, Halliburton became the United States' largest oil services company and the fifth largest military contractor.

Just another example, apparently, of Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill's "beauty of capitalism."

When it comes to making big money, who cares about evil?

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Excerpts from speeches delivered Wednesday by Vice President Dick Cheney...
By Associated Press, 3/17/2004 16:17

Excerpts from speeches delivered Wednesday by Vice President Dick Cheney and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry:

DICK CHENEY:

''These times have tested the character of our nation, and they have tested the character of our nation's leader. When he makes a commitment, there is no doubt he will follow through.

As a result, America's friends know they can trust, and America's enemies know they can fear, the decisive leadership of President George W. Bush.

The president's conduct in leading America through a time of unprecedented danger, his ability to make decisions and stand by them, is a measure that must be applied to the candidate who now opposes him in the election of 2004.

''A neutral observer, looking at these elements of Senator Kerry's record, would assume that Senator Kerry supported military action against Saddam Hussein. The Senator himself now tells us otherwise. In January he was asked on TV if he was, quote, ''one of the anti-war candidates.'' He replied, ''I am.'' He now says he was voting only to, quote, ''threaten the use of force,'' not actually to use force.''

Even if we set aside these inconsistencies and changing rationales, at least this much is clear: Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam Hussein would still be in power, today, in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.''

JOHN KERRY

''One year ago this week, American soldiers raced across the desert to Baghdad. Ten months ago, George Bush stood on an aircraft carrier and proclaimed 'mission accomplished.' But today we know that the mission is not finished, hostilities have not ended, and our men and women in uniform fight on almost alone with the target squarely on their backs.''

''Every day, they face danger and death from suicide bombers, roadside bombers, and now, ironically, from the very Iraqi police they are training. We are still bogged down in Iraq, and the administration stubbornly holds to failed policies that drive potential allies away. What we have seen is a steady loss of lives and mounting costs in dollars, with no end in sight. The lesson here is fundamental: At times, conflict comes, and the decision must be made. For a president, the decision may be lonely, but that does not mean that America should go it alone.''

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