It was big news that Vice President Cheney used bad language to Senator Patrick Leahy. Cheney was angry about Leahy's relentless attacks on Cheney and his old firm, Halliburton, for alleged "war profiteering." Cheney was wrong to use such language. But the Halliburton critics are wrong, too.
Exploiting the controversy, an author named Dan Briody is out with a hatchet job on Halliburton. But during the end of a Federal City Club event featuring Briody and his new book, someone in the audience asked a question about Halliburton being an American company that generates jobs for Americans. Briody acknowledged that was the case and he went on to admit that Halliburton's main competitor is a French firm, Schlumberger.
So the French, who don't support America in Iraq and had sweetheart deals with Saddam Hussein, stand to benefit if Halliburton suffers. That's certainly newsworthy. But one searches almost in vain for references to this fact in the major media, or in Michael Moore's 9/11 movie, which also attacks Halliburton. The attacks are phony; there was no controversy when Halliburton performed similar services in the Balkans under President Clinton.
Matt's Chat
As
Neo once said, "Whoa." Let me get this straight: if
Halliburton HALLIBURTON! fails, some French company with ties to Saddam Hussein profits? Go HALLIBURTON! Screw Michael Moore, the French and their ties with Saddam. You can quote me on that.
Mark's Remarks
Ah, so it is making more sense. The French loving John Kerry, the John Kerry loving (and thereby French loving) media, are proving once again that they don't care about American jobs or workers. They only care for themselves. Who cares if Americans lose jobs because Halliburton is unjustly accused? By God, them french should get more money, who cares if they traded weapons with Saddam in violation of the law, who cares if they profiteered on money meant to save Iraqis from starvation, who cares, as long as it makes Republicans look bad? That is the mantra of the Left, and it is revealed more and more everyday. It is not about what is best for America, it is about what gets the Left more power.
John Kerry Delenda Est!
