Halliburton and Iraq

Halliburton and Iraq

In the coming years, the reconstruction of Iraq may end up costing the United States tens of billions of dollars, most of which will go to private firms. Although only a small portion of that money has been spent so far, controversy already has broken out over how some of the funds have been awarded, and to whom. Having been led blindly in the direction of President Bush's Iraqi agenda, we now find ourselves under rule of the Bush Administrations second term. Using ingenious strategy, Bush ensured himself victory in the 2004 election, by infiltrating the churches with his smoke screen of concern with moral issues and family values (Hertzberg). Nevertheless in doing this, Bush tapped into a large American demographic of American voters. We the people have voluntarily given up our civil and constitutional rights, whether through apathy or simply being too busy to pay attention to current events. This being clear to us, we have to ask ourselves as American citizens have we made the right decision. Did we select the most qualified leader to make educated choices with the best interests of the nation in mind? We cannot sugar coat it, America elected a leader concerned not with the issues that truly face our nation, but with catering to the agendas of many friends and associates. By catering to this market Bush advances his and his administrations own campaign on, 'taking care of number one.’ This blatant dis-regard towards logical and progressive thinking governmental practices, brings with it inevitable consequences. The state of our foreign relations is in terrible shape, which as we soon could realize, can bring with it a heavy price to pay, in the form of terrorism(Cooper). The global terrorism climate is on the rise, steadily being provoked by outrage towards U.S. actions centered in the middle-east. The myth Bush projects, one of protection from terrorism, are just that, a myth. History eventually will state clearly the parts...