Our Nation has always profitted handsomely on war. Well, more specifically, some already wealthy defense contractors that have profitted handsomely on Korea, Vietnam, Granada, Iraq, drugs, terrorism and a plethora of monopolistic infrastructural cash outlays. Now, Wars run on energy, so our very large and monopolistic Energy Corporations always make the first profits. Then, of course, if your war brings new resources into the Big Energy distribution network, then profit is assured into the next generation. You would think the wars are about business. Would all this coincidence fund a large number of K Street lobbyists? Keeerist, do you have to be slapped up side the noggin to recognize reality. Hell yes, if you're reading USA media. In 1977 the Church Committee found 400 CIA and Intelligence employees on Media payrolls adjusting our NEWS, I'm sorry, I mean fiction. Then the Church Committee was squelched. Do you think those 400 were laid off, fired or promoted. My guess is that there are thousands now. Just my guess. These people from the group that named a building after Bush 1. No, it's just unthinkable that these agents/assetts would be Bush 2 apologists/loyalists, because if they were they might write NEWS that was adjusted for a defined agenda like WMDs, Nukes, Niger, Yellowcake, and brainwashing people to spout nonsense or superstition like you see on these boards. Was it worth it. Hey, we got the OIL. Lots of no-bid contracts have generated great retirement packages and terrific stockholder returns, if you bet on war, because you know it is very profitable, the economy was very good for business, and a disaster for taxpayers. There is no such thing as a good war, but Iraq was a bad WAR, morally, ethically, economically, personally, and ignoring that is ignorant. We haven't even discussed the dead, injured, displace, refugees, and birth defects being caused by DU, willy pete, mercury, etc.