Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers | 
 enlarge | Director: Robert Greenwald
Studio: Brave New Films
Category: DVD
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Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
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Running Time: 75
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 0.6
UPC: 893890001994
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Release Date: September 26, 2006
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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.
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 Greenwald is a moron, but better than Moore July 18, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
First of all, if you have not been to Iraq, you have no idea what is really going on there. Sadly, Greenwald went to Iraq and some how got the idea there were unhappy contractors and soldiers there.
Gee, that's not what I saw and I just got back Feb 08. When I saw this film, I was hoping for something a little more along the lines of "Why We Fight", more info on "shooter" type contractors such as Blackwater USA, and more of an expose of PMC scams such as the Custer Battles deal and more.
What I saw was a great deal of boring dialogue about a single KBR truck convoy incident. Again, Greenwald missed the intended mark. As if those guys thought Iraq was going to be a pic-nic, it's a war zone for Pete's sake.
Again, Greenwald takes a topic the public should know more about (waste and fraud and such in Iraq), and cleverly disguises it with a smoke screen of a film that bores you to tears with stuff you already knew if you watched the news. Big hit, Greenwald.
I saw happy soldiers, contractors and Iraqis where I was. There are some things going on out there not in the news that Greenwald could have easily uncovered. Obviously, that was not his intent. Clearly, his intent with the films I've seen has been to muddle and confuse issues. Truth be told, we're probably not going to see a real expose of stuff going on in the GWOT, and Greenwald is playing his role as a (mis)information operation agent.
 A real ey opener. July 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This eye opening video really shows just why the Bush Presidency and policies should be voted out. Every one running the companies that are running this "war for profit" is a croney of Bush's or a high ranking political/military person that is in it just for the money. They could care less for what happens to our men and women in combat. This video alone is justification for pulling out of Iraq let alone the loss of the lives of thousands of our young men and women.
Truly eye opening... July 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
While I didn't believe the reasons for "war", it was truly eye opening to see WHAT REALLY goes on, and who IS profiting from it all...all at the expense of American, Iraqi, and lives of many other innocent people from all over the world. Let the TRUTH be known, and spread throughout the world, that this "war" was all based on LIES!
Iraq for sale: The war profitters July 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent documentary !!!! I would recommend it to anyone who has an interest in how our goverment is corrupt . Its all about making money at the tax payers expense.
The bottomless pit of sanctioned American greed June 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A news report today states that the Iraq war will eventually cost the US $2.7 TRILLION. If you are wondering how even a rich a nation can manage to spend so much money in such as small corner of the world, "Iraq for Sale" will provide a few answers.
The Iraq War seems tailor-made for profiteering, with its no-bid contracts, cost plus arrangements and obvious conflict of interest between the companies involved and the executive branch prosecuting the war. The film focuses on the involvement of companies like CACI, Halliburton and Titan in providing contractors for the war effort. The film describes contact language experts who can barely speak English. This makes them useless for translating during interrogations, and positively dangerous if they misunderstand what is being said. The Abu Ghraib scandal seems at least partly due to unaccountable contractors calling the shots in a military situation. Shockingly, Brigadier General Janis Karpinski is interviewed in support of the film's premise that contractors contributed to the scandal.
Iraq for Sale shows contractors literally taking work away from US soldiers. The GIs, many who joined the military to learn technical skills, are required instead to train the contractors, who make many times the wage provided to the soldiers. Cost overruns and predatory charging are rife. Empty trucks drive back and forth on Iraqi roads, racking up profits for every useless mile they drive. Because they refuse to run more expensive 24-hours operations, contractors running mess operations deliberately understaff, exposing the resulting long lines of hungry GIs to insurgents who know just when the largest numbers of soldiers will gather. Equipment that is only slightly damaged is destroyed -- literally burned in pits so that brand new replacements can be ordered, increasing costs to the taxpayer and profits to the contractors. The focus on profits may have cost soldiers their lives. Truck convoys run into ambushes for want of decent military debriefs; contractors (like the 4 killed and burned in Fallujah) die when their escorts are taken away to save money.
Iraq for Sale is a powerful indictment of the treasonous, immoral profiteering that masquerades as the US war on terror. It's hard to believe that this stuff goes on, never mind that it is done intentionally. Never mind that it is done with the blessing of our government.
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