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• Sunday, November 30, 2008 09:13 AM

  I'm no expert

  and though GE does provide military products--but not weapons--its profits actually fell a bit in the period just after the start of the Gulf War in 2003, though they did do pretty good business up until a year or two ago in aviation (and I assume much of that was military, although again I don't know). They've never made much money on the war--at least when compared to some actors involved, and when they did it wasn't until mid decade. Their profit margin doesn't seem to have been worth the effort, and their stock remained relativley flat throughout the war.

  GE is having a very bad year, in any case, which would indicate that their fortunes are tethered to more standard fare. Either they were not poised to take advantage of the Gulf war, or it was never considered to be a boon to them. In any case, their 'leftist' window dressing would also indicate at least an ambivalence toward the war. I'm not sure what relationship or goal NBC has in covering for McCaffrey. Previously, MSNBC seemed to be bowing to White House pressure and fear of sullying its brand when the rest of the country was war-hungry.

  Anyway, FAIR has been documenting the pentagon analyst psy-op kind of stuff since forever. I posted a link to a story last time this issue came up, so I won't do it again here, but its worth checking out their archives for stories going back to the early nineties...

  www.fair.org

  —omooex Read omooex's other letters
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