Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004): Financial Opportunities in Iraq Part I

The clip financial opportunities in Iraq part I from Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) with Sam Kubba

Criticism is okay. We can take it. Criticism is not failure.
Our employees are doing a great job.
We're feeding the soldiers. We're rebuilding Iraq.
Will things go wrong? Sure they will. It's a war zone.
We're serving the troops because of what we know...
...not who we know.
Let me tell you about Halliburton, the company I ran.
I'm proud of what I did at Halliburton.
The people are proud of what they've accomplished. I, frankly...
...don't feel any need to apologize...
...for the way I've spent my time over the last five years...
...as the CEO and chairman of a major American corporation.
This is also an attempt to divert attention...
...from the fact they have no energy policy.
And as the secretary of energy said, "We were caught unawares."
In the middle of the war, Microsoft, DHL and other corporations...
...invited Halliburton to a conference...
...to figure out how much money could be made in Iraq.
Having worked this...
...effort, even since before the... The invasion...
...the liberation of Iraq started.
You, industry, are definitely a vital part of that effort.
We appreciate your interest in this. We need you.
Lots of you are small businesses and struggling:
"How do we get a piece of this? You big guys are gonna get it.
The rest of us will have subcontracting capability or none at all."
USTDA is for you.
Once that oil starts flowing...
...and money coming, gonna be lots of money.
It's the second-largest reserve of oil in the world.
No question of how much money's there.
I've been getting complaints from Iraqi firms and American firms.
The lack of transparency, the corruption.
I think the profits American companies are making, the main companies...
...are so overwhelming.
I mean, when you have a line item for a million dollars...

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