Wow.

[madamesilverspurs]

This disturbingly compelling photoshop was included in a veteran's facebook post about the Iraq war. I actually gasped when I saw it.

[JaneyVee]

1. Car mileage will soon be measured by Soldiers Per Gallon.

[tblue]

7. I wish it would.

We need to make that connection unmistakeably clear

[MrMickeysMom]

2. Holy Shit!

That's my reaction.


Does THIS put it in perspective Mr. and Mrs. America?

[MrMickeysMom]

3. IWO PETRO!

(iwo jima... I probably didn't need to explain that one)

[CBGLuthier]

20. I don't know, from some of the reactions I am not sure so lets make it easier

[chollybocker]

4. Wo.

Irony has no better author than truth.

[Half-Century Man]

5. It's photo shopped

The REAL oil rigs they're putting up are camouflaged...duh..

[madamesilverspurs]

9. Yes, it is. As noted in the OP.

[Half-Century Man]

11. Too subtle?

camouflaged.....

[Jackpine Radical]

22. Poe's Law strikes again.

[DeSwiss]

6. Damn.

- In a nutshell, there ya are.....

K&R

[ErikJ]

8. Needs an Exxon or Chevron flag

[mountain grammy]

10. I think an American flag would be sufficient, the only thing missing.

[Egalitarian Thug]

17. I'll nominate this one.

[tclambert]

23. Where's Halliburton?

[Egalitarian Thug]

25. I know there is one, I've seen it.

In the meantime, here's one with KBR.

[BelgianMadCow]

29. How come Fed-Ex is on the flag, any reason in particular, do you know?

Is it just a collection of big companies, or did they all have some specific wrongdoing?

[Egalitarian Thug]

34. Well they are a prime example of a company that only exists because of corporate welfare...

but I don't think there is any particular reason other than the time in which it was designed.

[ZRT2209]

12. this brings tears to Dick Cheney's eyes. He has a large print in his office.

[tclambert]

24. Maybe Richard "Dick" Cheney can cheer himself up by waterboarding some kittens.

[bvar22]

13. Follow the Money.

Who "WON" in Iraq?

Remember when Rumsfeld and Cheney promised that "the OIL will pay for the War"?
LOL.
The American Taxpayer paid for The WAR...in our blood and money.
The Global Corporations walked away with The Oil.
"They" will be GLAD to SELL some of that oil to the American taxpayer,
at the current rate of exchange and record PROFITS.

It was/is a SCAM,
and the sad part is that it IS a Bi-Partisan SCAM.
The ONLY Democrat who questioned the Legality and Morality of the "Iraq Oil Law" (2007)
which "privatized" the Iraqi Oil was Dennis Kucinich.

The American Military now Works For the Global Corporations and the IMF.\
SEE: Libya
SEE: "Washington gets explicit: its 'war on terror' is permanent"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022857804


Democracy, Freedom, Peace are an obscene joke.

DURec,
and thanks for the graphic.


You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their promises or excuses.
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[stevenleser]

16. Donald Trump just said on Twitter today that we should have taken all of Iraq's oil

The problem with that is that plunder of public or private property or resources in war is a war crime.

[indepat]

32. Surely the fact that plunder is a war crime is not a deterrent to those who think

of pre-emptive wars of aggression as preferable national policy.

[uponit7771]

14. striking, put it in photo contest...very striking

[Blue Owl]

15. In Big Oil We Trust

Big Oil: Good for our environment AND our pocketbooks!

[RevStPatrick]

18. Yep.

We knew that's what it was about before the first bombs were shocked and awed.

[HughBeaumont]

19. We will fight and die for Black Gold and all who profit from it.

Fuuuuuuuuuuu . . .

[AndyA]

21. Well, America DOES owe it to the oil companies, who've been so good to us

I see their ads on TV all the time--telling me how wonderful the energy industry is...it employs tons of people, is good for the environment, and provides the fuels needed to keep America moving!

Having our military march to orders from the oil companies seems like the least we could do for them.

[ellennelle]

26. so not photoshopped

note the uniforms and gear; definitely not 1945. those are desert fatigues. which means, all those guys studied the iwo jima photo and staged the whole thing, likely at a leaning derrick nearby.
awesome find, tho; thx.

[Initech]

27. Iwo Petro?

[Half-Century Man]

28. The one shining thread in the dung pile,

10 + years in Iran & Afghanistan has given the USA a few new million veterans to aid to the mix of the ignored and abused. When the revolution comes, having over 20 million trained veterans on our side is good.

[YeahSureRight]

36. The vets who fight back have been sent a few messages already

Look at any police action against Occupy the first people they go after is their biggest threat, the Vets that are in Occupy, they know the college kids don't know how to fight but the Vets do.

Say for example a Vet joins Occupy and that Vet spent his time serving his country by training people in other countries in insurgent tactics and improvised munitions. The 1 vet could easily train hundreds if not thousands of others that is why Vets are a direct threat to the 1% and the police will go after the vets first every single time. That is until the vets in Occupy fight back.

The 1% need to worry about how they treat vets, it could very well come back to haunt them someday.

[proud patriot]

30. that's gasp worthy alright

it breaks my heart

[toby jo]

31. Sweet

[rustydog]

33. "Mission Accomplished"

[YeahSureRight]

35. I know a couple of guys in the Army who were in Iraq and went within 48 hous of the

invasion.

One of the many dirty secrets is that they, my friends, spent half their time guarding oil wells and driving around oil company workers.

Everyone knew it was all about the oil but few actually have the courage to speak up and those that do are ridiculed for speaking the truth.