Military-Industrial Complex

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Military-Industrial Complex

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

- President Eisenhower

Plutocrat

Korrupt Military Corporation

Government position

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Richard Cheney

Halliburton

Vice President

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Henry Kissinger

Trireme Partners

National Security Advisor

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Richard Perle

Trireme Partners

Asst. Defense Secretary

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Paul Wolfowitz

Northrop Grumman

Deputy Secretary of Defense

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Condoleezza Rice

Chevron,
Transamerica Corp.

Secretary of State

Rand Corporation, Hoover
Institute, Strategic Nuclear Policy
advisor to the Joint Chiefs,

Joe Lopez

Kellogg, Brown & Root

admiral, US Command,
Southern Europe

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Jay Garner

Marsh Crisis Consulting

Air Force general,
CPA Iraq

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Carl E. Vuono

Military Professionals
Resources Incorporated

General

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14 Characteristics of Fascism

Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.

3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

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4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread
domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

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5. Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.

6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.

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7. Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

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8. Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.

9. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.

12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

From Liberty Forum

Above: President Eisenhower warning the nation in a speech about the "military-industrial complex" in 1961.

Contractor

Value

FY02

Agency

Abt Associates Inc.
Iraq $43,818,278 USAID
Advanced Systems Development, Inc.
Iraq $259,958.56 DoD
AECOM
Iraq $21,610,501 DoD
AllWorld Language Consultants
Iraq $4,051,349 DoD
American International Contractors, Inc.
Iraq $1,500,000,000 DoD
American President Lines Ltd.
Iraq $5,000,000 USAID
AOS, Inc.
Iraq $866,988 DoD
Artel
Iraq
Atlas Case, Inc.
Iraq $17,243 DoD
Bald Industries
Iraq $35,734 DoD
Bea Mauer, Inc.
Iraq $9,920 DoD
BearingPoint Inc.
Iraq $240,162,668 USAID
Bechtel Group Inc.
Iraq $2,829,833,859 USAID
Blackwater Security Consulting L.L.C.
Iraq $21,331,693 DoD
CACI International Inc.
Iraq $66,221,143.19 Interior
Capital Shredder Corporation
Iraq $11,803 DoD
Cartridge Discounters
Iraq $40,492 DoD
CDW Government, Inc.
Iraq $35,174 DoD
Cellhire USA
Iraq $1,465,983 DoD
CH2M Hill
Iraq $1,528,500,000 DoD
Chugach McKinley, Inc.
Iraq $3,068,407 DoD
Comfort Inn
Iraq $47,324 DoD
Complement, Inc., The
Iraq $3,358 DoD
Contrack International Inc.
Iraq $2,325,000,000 DoD
Creative Associates International Inc.
Iraq $273,539,368 USAID
Dataline Inc.
Iraq $1,028,851.89 DoD
Dell Marketing L.P.
Iraq $513,678.88 DoD
Detection Monitoring Technologies
Iraq $5,584,482 DoD
Development Alternatives Inc.
Iraq $39,523,857 USAID
DHS Logistics Company
Iraq $223,497 DoD
DynCorp (Computer Sciences Corp.)
Iraq $50,000,000 State
Earth Tech, Inc.
Iraq $65,449,155 DoD
EGL Eagle Global Logistics
Iraq $111,000 USAID
EHI Company
Iraq $3,956 DoD
Electric Generator Store, The
Iraq $6,974 DoD
Environmental Chemical Corporation
Iraq $1,475,000,000 DoD
EOD Technology Inc.
Iraq $71,900,000 DoD
Expedited World Cargo Inc.
Iraq $55,004 USAID
Explosive Ordnance Technologies Inc.
Iraq $1,475,000,000 DoD
Export Depot
Iraq $21,182 DoD
Fluor Corp.
Iraq $3,754,964,295 DoD
Force 3
Iraq $274,651.95 DoD
Foster Wheeler Co.
Iraq $8,416,985 DoD
General Electric Company
Iraq Value Unknown DoD
Giesecke & Devrient America
Iraq $72,700 DoD
Global Container Lines Ltd.
Iraq $1,850,000 USAID
Global Professional Solutions
Iraq $590,232 DoD
Global Services
Iraq $910,468 DoD
GPS Store, Inc., The
Iraq $19,761 DoD
Hardware Associates
Iraq $4,304 DoD
Harris Corporation
Iraq $165,000,000 DoD
Inglett and Stubbs LLC
Iraq $1,826,974 DoD
Intelligent Enterprise Solutions
Iraq $19,835 DoD
International American Products Inc.
Iraq $628,421,252 DoD
International Global Systems, Inc.
Iraq $157,383.40 DoD
International Resources Group
Iraq $38,000,000 USAID
John S. Connor Inc.
Iraq $34,153 USAID
JSI Inc.
Iraq $3,376 DoD
Kellogg, Brown & Root (Halliburton)
Iraq $10,832,000,000 DoD
Kollsman Inc
Iraq
Kroll Inc.
Iraq Value Unknown USAID
Kropp Holdings
Iraq $11,880,000 DoD
Lab Safety Supply
Iraq $53,379 DoD
Laguna Construction Company, Inc.
Iraq $19,536,683 DoD
LandSea Systems, Inc.
Iraq $47,750 DoD
Landstar Express America Inc.
Iraq $24,396 USAID
Liberty Shipping Group Ltd.
Iraq $7,300,000 USAID
Logenix International L.L.C.
Iraq $29,000 USAID
Louis Berger Group
Iraq $27,671,364 DoD
Lucent Technologies World Services, Inc.
Iraq $75,000,000 DoD
Management Systems International
Iraq $15,116,328 USAID
McNeil Technologies, Inc.
Iraq $716,651 DoD
Mediterranean Shipping Company
Iraq $13,000 USAID
MEI Research Corporation
Iraq Michael Baker Jr., Inc.
Iraq $4,528,328 DoD
Midwest Research Institute
Iraq $1,765,000 DoD
Military Professional Resources Inc.
Iraq $2,608,794.74 DoD
Miscellaneous Foreign Contract
Iraq $3,026,630 DoD
Motorola Inc.
Iraq $15,591,732 DoD
MZM Inc.
Iraq $1,213,632 DoD
NANA Pacific
Iraq $70,000,000 DoD
Native American Industrial Distributors Inc.
Iraq $123,572 DoD
Night Vision Equipment Company
Iraq $153,118 DoD
Ocean Bulkships Inc.
Iraq $5,000,000 USAID
Odebrect-Austin
Iraq $1,500,000,000 DoD
Outfitter Satellite, Inc.
Iraq $33,203 DoD
Parsons Corp.
Iraq $5,286,136,252 DoD
Parsons Energy and Chemicals Group
Iraq $43,361,340 DoD
Perini Corporation
Iraq $2,525,000,000 DoD
Raytheon Technical Services
Iraq $12,412,573 DoD
Readiness Management Support LC (Johnson Controls Inc.)
Iraq $173,965,104 USAID
Red River Computer Company
Iraq $972,592.90 DoD
Research Triangle Institute
Iraq $466,070,508 USAID
Ronco Consulting Corporation
Iraq $12,008,289.60 DoD
S&K Technologies Inc.
Iraq $4,950,384.80 DoD
Science Applications International Corp.
Iraq $159,304,219 DoD
Sealift Inc.
Iraq $4,000,000 USAID
Segovia Inc.
Iraq $320,636 DoD
SETA Corporation
Iraq $3,165,765 DoD
Shaw Group/Shaw E & I
Iraq $3,050,749,910 DoD
Signature Science
Iraq $4,704,464 DoD
Simmonds Precision Products
Iraq $4,412,488 DoD
SkyLink Air and Logistic Support (USA) Inc.
Iraq $27,344,600 USAID
Smith Office Machines Corporation
Iraq $2,961 DoD
SPARCO
Iraq $9,215 DoD
Stanley Baker Hill L.L.C.
Iraq $1,200,000,000 DoD
Stanley Consultants
Iraq $7,709,767 DoD
Staples National Advantage
Iraq $4,194 DoD
Stevedoring Services of America
Iraq $14,318,895 USAID
Structural Engineers
Iraq $1,113,000 DoD
TECO Ocean Shipping Co.
Iraq $7,200,000 USAID
Tetra Tech Inc.
Iraq $1,541,947,671 DoD
Titan Corporation
Iraq $402,000,000 DoD
Total Business
Iraq $4,696 DoD
Transfair North America International
Iraq $19,351 USAID
Triumph Technologies
Iraq $228,924 DoD
Unisys Corporation
Iraq $320,000 DoD
United Defense Industries, L.P.
Iraq $4,500,000 DoD
USA Environmental Inc.
Iraq $1,541,947,671 DoD
Vinnell Corporation (Northrop Grumman)
Iraq $48,074,442 DoD
Ward Transformer Sales & Services
Iraq $115,000 DoD
Washington Group International
Iraq $3,133,078,193 DoD
WECSYS
Iraq $3,040 DoD
Weston Solutions, Inc.
Iraq $16,279,724 DoD
Zapata Engineering
Iraq $1,478,838,958 DoD

Because of inconsistent and, sometimes scarce, information provided by the U.S. government, the amounts in the "contract values" field represent several type of contract payouts. The amount is either what has been paid to date on an existing contract that may extend for several years; or it represents a minimum and maximum value range of the contract; or in some instances it is the only figure provided by the government, and the contract parameters are unclear. All information known about a given contract is included in the individual company profiles. Any information not given about a particular contract could not be ascertained from either the government agency awarding the contract, the company or public sources of information. Contracts for geographical areas that include both Iraq and Afghanistan are listed under Iraq, but individual contracts are explained in the respective company profiles.

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