Did the Iraq war benefit the government?
WOW this is a hell of a question that I dont think can be answered as clearly as you desire. Did it benefit the government Yes/No Did it through the war get Warrantless Wire Taps- Yes, Scary Did it get Homeland Security (that watches you more than your supposed enemy)- Yes, Scary Did the Government get more control over personal freedoms that the people wont be able to take back because the power has already been given- Yes, Scary Did certain Military Contractors Boeing McDonnel Douglas Ratheon AM General and Armour companies make out like fat cats through Defense Contracts- Yes Did Civilian Contractors such as KBR Kellogg Brown and Root BlackWater (More nuisance then help) DynaCorp Make Millions and Millions of dollars and continue to do so while your average Military Member makes $25,000 a year being deployed over there in the same enviroment while these people make anywhere from $82,000 for driving a bus in the safety of a base/post to $500,000 a year for providing protection to var