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Bush administration creates crises to 'enrich themselves and their friends'




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Bush administration creates crises to 'enrich themselves and their friends'


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Published : 9 months, 2 weeks ago (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:47:09 PDT)
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War Is A Racket, by Major General Smedley Butler, 1935

David Edwards and Stephen C. Webster

Published: Friday October 3, 2008

On Thursday's edition of The Colbert Report, bestselling author Naomi Klein argued that the Bush Administration creates crises in order to "enrich themselves and their friends," drawing parallels between the torture of prisoners and the economic bailout being provided to Wall St. by US leaders.

Previously, Klein called out the sprawling economic crisis as just another example of the Bush 'shock doctrine,' a key component to the ruling regime's corporate agenda.

"Now, the name of your book is 'The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism,'" said host Stephen Colbert. "Okay now, what is the 'shock doctrine'? 'Cause, that sounds like a great way to get information out of a prisoner."

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