Halliburton to score again

The millions and millions poured into George W. Bush's presidential campaigns were investments made on a sure thing. And as if the riches of the war in Iraq are not enough, now we learn that one of the companies expected to clean up (pun intended) from increased U.S. border control is Halliburton. Another, not surprisingly, is Bechtel. Billions of dollars worth of infrastructure, constuction, and contract management goodies are expected to go to the two giant companies.

Halliburton, you will recall, lost $9 billion in Iraq, but no one seemed to mind. In fact, the Department of Defense stopped monitoring spending in Iraq in 2004.