>"In fact, each of the oil giants named in the original New York Times piece -- Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total, BP, and Chevron -- regularly shows up on the Pentagon's payroll. In fact, last year, the five firms took home more than $4.1 billion from the Pentagon -- with Shell leading the way with $2.1 billion."

So they price gouge US, the State and Defense Dept use our troops to do the dirty work, and the Back Room Boys make BILLIONS off of us. How convenient! This is war profiteering at the expense of the American and Iraqi people. Probably dreamed up under Cheney's secret "energy meetings and Commission" years ago. Personally I think they are criminals and need to be indicted. They have helped to bankrupt this country.

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