Ted Rall for April 25, 2005
Transcript:
How much is one soldier worth? Man 1: At ease, private. Do you have $230 for Dick Cheney? Man 2: Sir? Man 1: One reason Dick Cheney started this war with Iraq was to save his old company Halliburton. Without the war, they might've gone bankrupt- and Cheney would've lost his "deferred compensation." 848 soldiers died in the war in 2004. Cheney earned $195,000 from Halliburton in 2004. That comes to $230 per G.I. but if you fork it over, you'll go home to your family now. Man 2: Permission to hit the A.T.M? Man 1: Denied, what kind of sap do you take Dick Cheney for?