re: Holy Earth
[..."Another American firm with financial links to the Afghan pipeline project is the Carlyle Group, the nation’s most highly capitalized private equity company and, by virtue of its investments, the eleventh-largest defense contractor. The Carlyle Group is dominated by veterans of the Reagan and Bush I administrations, including former Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci, who serves as chairman, former Secretary of State James Baker, and former budget director Richard Darman, among others.
(In a rather bizarre twist, another major investor in the Carlyle Group is the wealthy Saudi Arabian family of Osama bin Laden, whose connections to the Bush family go back decades. In fact, one of the earliest investors in George W’s first oil business, Arbusto Energy, was Osama bin Laden’s late brother.)
Under the present circumstances, however, the most notable investor and member of the board of directors in the Carlyle Group is former president George H.W. Bush, who also serves as senior adviser to the group’s Asian Partners Fund. The ethical ambiguities this raises has drawn criticism from across the political spectrum...."]
....Hmmmm.
Reminescient of Kissinger's stake in China.
Does it ever end ?
'nuff to make you want to take your gold and move to the outback of Australia, or something (vbg). |
