How Stupid Do They Think We Are?

Or, more importantly, how stupid are we?

Is it just a coincidence that the most militaristic US administration in history is up to its ears in business connections with military-related companies?

Former president George H. W. Bush resigned in the fall of 2003 from a company called the Carlyle Group (but he still owns stock). This company is heavily associated with military and security contracts. It received $677 million in contracts in 2002 and $2.1 billion in contracts in 2003.

Bush's younger brother Neil has a $60,000-per-year contract with a principal in Washington-based New Bridge Strategies, a private firm set up by Bush's former campaign manager, to generate contracts in Iraq.

A $327 million contract that was awarded to the U.S. Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, benefits Winston Partners, the private investment firm of Bush's other brother Marvin Bush.

In the history of this country, there has never been a more clear cut example of war profiteering. We may find it difficult to face the truth, that yes, these greedy people not only would, they did, send our young people off to be killed because they stood to gain financially.

The cold hard fact is that war is big business and the Bush administration is top-heavy with CEOs.

John Kerry has an historic chance to blow the lid on this coterie. And as a big business insider with connections going back to his days with Bush at Yale's secret Skull and Bones club, he is uniquely positioned to expose the lies and the deals. But will he do it?