From the movie's website (IraqforSale.org):
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers is the story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war.Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald (Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed and Uncovered) takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. Iraq for Sale uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who allow them to do so.You can get an idea of the producer's (Robert Greenwald) "politics" by his filmography, and Iraq for Sale certainly has its share of MikeMoorish crocumentary gimmicks; nevertheless, I am troubled by the movie.
Not because I think we invaded Iraq as a sweet deal for Cheney's cronies. Not because I think the military industrial complex is running our government behind the scenes. Not because I think that the atrocities committed in the name of the U.S. are greater in number or more egregious than they were in other wars (as they say, "war is hell" and it often brings out the worst in a person--it's probably more accurate to say it manifests a person's true character).
Rather, the concerns the movie raised are whether we are able and willing to hold private companies going to war for us accountable, and whether the fact that the Pentagon is outsourcing so many services is a symptom of more than just valuing efficiency (indeed, it doesn't appear that these contractors are a better "value" for taxpayer's dollars. In sum, I don't think a policy of using contractors like this is immoral or indicative of some nefarious motive or inherently "Rethuglican"; however, it does not seem to be a policy that is working . . . to the degree that it may be a practice which is immoral to continue.
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