Halliburton and the Requisite Conspiracy Theory

I really don't mean to be paranoid, but it's just a little disconcerting that companies like Halliburton--the Houston-based corporation undeniably close to Vice President Dick Cheney and the Bush family--are reaping insane profits from the war in Iraq. Not only did they win some of the largest post-conflict reconstruction bids for both Afghanistan and Iraq, but it seems that one of their subsidiaries will under take a multi-million dollar project in yet another Iraq war problem, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "A subsidiary of Houston-based Halliburton has been awarded a $30 million contract to build an improved 220-bed prison for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon announced." This construction project is obviously a result of the incessant lobbying and advocacy work of human rights groups claiming that the conditions at the military detention camp were well below the level of adequate living standards for prisoners or anyone. The Bush administration began the search as a way to quell the growing opposition and, because I can't resist a little conspiracy theory-thought, invariably help some friends out along the way. I mean, really, if you have to honor a few human rights, why shouldn't your buddies profit from your humanitarian efforts? I don't like being this way, but sometimes it's just necessary. Really. Read the whole story here.