thewashingtonnote.com - 11/30/2008
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The first blog post I did over four years ago at The Washington Note had to do with the subject of war profiteering and players in the national security establishment that were making money from defense contractors while also serving as so-called "objective" commentators on the war, ...
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... of this world better than Barry McCaffrey.
Not proper, not at all. And not known. Good to know after the fact who is shilling for whom. The two front war is old news. Our old time generals and war horse can now can testify to Congress, talk on TV, and take what they say to the bank. Literally. Good times. What’s a war without a few anonymous hookers hooked up to the war machine?
Proper? Ethics? Disclosure? No problem.
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