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Watch the below video and answer: 'Is this how it really is?'

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Oh course its like the video portrays it. The CEO of Halliburton has made documented billions in from his stock since the Iraq war. That, in my opinion, is one of the reasons that Cheney and Bush do not mind keeping us in a war that we can't win. Halliburton is a war profiteering company that would never be allowed to get away with some of their practises if Cheney was not the Vice President.

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Who hired Haliburton? Who else, in the entire world, does the same job as Haliburton?

What evidence do you have, other than conspiracy theories, that Cheney is interfering in any way to the advantage of Haliburton? There is circumstantial evidence, yes, but mostly, it consists of normal actions of a government, dealing with a government contractor.

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There is no proof, no evidence other than circumstantial, but then, there wouldn't be. There is only the money trail. I don't know who else does what Halliburton does, I didn't know they existed until Cheney was Vice President. But it is very obvious and verifiable how much Cheney has made directly due to this war. This war has trackable income in the billions made from this war and their stock continues to rake it in. Halliburton was legally hired, but Cheney was one of the people who helped make that decision by his being Vice President and involved in reconstruction. The fact is that he should have stayed out of that decision, but nothing came out that said he did. Its a conflict of interest to make decisions of war when you stand to make millions from it. Bush and Cheney would closely investigate the claims of profiteering if Cheney didn't stand to make so much. The claims have been made publicly since they were first hired, but they were never investigated by the administration. So it was up to the House of Reps to do it, but they were Bush's rubber stamp. If a person controls everything including the evidence, you can't say there is no evidence against him. The whole thing sounds fishy. Perhaps if he hadn't simply brushed it aside and really investigated it, I would think different. Besides, there was less evidence against Clinton in the Whitewater scandals, and how many people still think he is guilty of fraud and even murder, even though no charges were ever filed?

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Cheney owns no stock, whatsoever, in Halliburton.

Halliburton was awarded the status that got it the no-bid contract under the Clinton administration.

Cheney wasn't involved in it.

Here is a little article about this subject.
https://www.factcheck.org/article261.html

Cheney receives absolutely no financial advantage from Halliburton, whether the company prospers or declines. The only tie is that Cheney was CEO of the company, before the 2000 election. He severed all ties in September 2000, when he began to campaign full time.

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Very interesting and enlightening article. However, CBS begs to differ on this subject due to their investigation.

https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/26/...ain575356.shtml

See, he does indeed still receive compensation from them. That ultimate compensation package is not public, and they aren't talking. In one sentence he says he has severed all ties. In another, he says that he he has received no financial gain in three years. But the fact is that he is lying on both accounts. You can't claim the severing of all ties, which he does in the article, yet still be financially bound to them.

The no-bid contract they have in Iraq was given due to their putting out the fires at the oil wells in Iraq during the first gulf war, in which he was the Secretary of Defense and closely involved in the Gulf War.

After the war, Cheney started on with Halliburton where he caused many scandals there as well with the SEC.

https://www.rotten.com/library/bio/usa/dick-cheney/

When it looks like a duck, acts like a duck, and smells like a duck, it probably is. Where there is smoke there is fire. When the strongest argument against this seems to be that he said he didn't, it smells fishy. We will likely never know any real details of a corrupt association with Halliburton, we may not even know there was one for sure, but its extremely suspicious when you look at the big picture. Iraq, Cheney, and Halliburton, three peas in a pod that have been entangled together for many years.

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CorpWatch¹s Pratap Chatterjee on Iraq¹s Missing Oil and Halliburton¹s Houston Send-Off

A draft report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office Between shows between 100,000 and 300,000 barrels a day of Iraq's declared oil production over the past four years is unaccounted for and could have been siphoned off through corruption or smuggling. The news comes as the Iraqi parliament is preparing to vote on a new law that would open up Iraq's oil reserves to multinational oil companies. CorpWatch director Pratap Chatterjee, has closely monitored the Iraqi oil industry. He speaks to us from Houston -- where Halliburton is preparing to hold its last annual shareholders meeting in Texas before moving headquarters to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
Ref. https://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/15/1514256

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Most of the Halliburton complaints are without basis. Fact is that Halliburton is one of the largest (if not THE largest) companies in the world that engages in what it does best - logistical support. There are some other competitors, but they are from Europe.

So whom do we send our money to, an European company or an American company? I'll take the American one, unless the quality/price is grossly inferior to the foreign competitor. See, I prefer my tax dollars going to support fellow Americans.

I'm funny that way.

And if Cheney had not sold the stock, he would have been criticized. That he has options he refused to throw away is surprising? Please. He earned the money before he became Vice President. He is making less now as Vice President than he would have had he refused Bush's request to join him in that office and stayed at Halliburton.

Sour grapes.

Now, certainly we have to make sure Halliburton isn't cutting corners and cheating. That's what the GAO is for.