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Babelfish Translation of German article With war the Bushs protects itself its inheritance The Bush clan profits quite directly from the exorbitant US military expenditure. Peter Hossli (New York) An cord-even walk far away from the white house the center of power is situated. One goes 15 minute along the Pennsylvania Avenue from the seat of the government of the US president to the offices of the Carlyle Group, an investment company into Washington D.C. There the policy is made at present. " the Carlyle Group, Bush governs the USA ", does not say a representative of the New Yorker Think tank Council on Foreign relation. It wants to remain anonymous. Others divide their opinion. " for the first time the father of the US president is to Public Integrity, Charles Lewis on the lohnliste one the largest arms manufacturer ", says the director of the independent center for. Carlyle, 1987 with 10 million dollar started, administered in the meantime 12.5 billion, is active and invested predominant in 55 countries in weapons -, aviation and communication companies. Outside of the USA the group is particularly active in the Near East, in Asia and in the Arab space with Persian Gulf. George H. W. Bush, Praesidentenvater and Golfkrieger, functions as most important lobbyist. To the advisor beraterstab also the former British prime minister John major and the Expraesident of the Philippines, Fidel Ramos belong. Besides steer - which makes the whole still more problematic - confine friends and old acquaintance of Secretary of Defense Donald fieldfield field and vice-president thickly Cheney the Carlyle Group. Bush junior remains the role, which he controls earliest, those of the Impressarios. It completes bravouroes. Last week joined in the small Bush in a kriegstreiberischen speech the nation for attacks against the " axle of the bad one ". " it is not a question whether, but when the Iraq is attacked ", interprets the historian walter Mead the attitude Bushs. It is unimportant whether the allied ones supported the internal message. " Bush is convinced to create it in the single-handed attempt ", says Mead. Small Bush buys outdated tank cars, and the dad sahnt off The US military grows like never before, and the Army strotzt almost before explosive yield. Bush designates in the new budget draft 379 billion dollar for the pentagon, an increase of 14,5 per cent. Never more for 20 years swelled the military expenditure in such a manner strongly on. The president takes for the first time for four years also a budget deficit in purchase - from self-interest, because it increased his inheritance. That can be done in such a way: The father is involved into a company, which possesses private enterprises, which catch up military jobs from that state, which the son praesidiert. The recent example is an armored artillery vehicle named Crusader. Despite violent criticism, which is tank car become outdated, the army buys it. The vehicle is produced by the enormous arms conglomerate United Defense Industries, which the Carlyle Group belongs. In passed September, when terrorists had destroyed the World trade center, the pentagon likewise concerned the 11 billion dollar extended global Crusader contract. Carlyle used the contract, in order to bring United Defense in December to the stock exchange. " the relationship between government and military-industrial complex is today more closely ever ", says the historian Mead. At present those forces would determine the foreign policy, " always with all strength inconsiderately would strike back, after the country was attacked ". There is the same forces, which attacked the Iraq at the beginning of the nineties-years. " now they want to terminate, what they began ", Mead says. Many of the war gentlemen from at that time operate today for Carlyle and earn to it. Bush senior advises the company, old acquaintance of Bush leads it, and franc Carlucci, under Ronald Reagan Secretary of Defense, acts as CEO. To the Princeton University it belonged to the ring team of the university together with the current Secretary of Defense Donald fieldfield field. The two would often have measured their forces. James Baker, once ministers of foreign affairs of Bush senior and campaign advisor of Bush junor, is a chief advisor and leading manager. The current vice-president, thickly Cheney, was during the Gulf War a Secretary of Defense. Now also the NATO states are to rig - with US weapons Those are almost for companies of Carlyle perfect prerequisites, in order to attract defense contracts from the whole world. Carlyle is invested in the airplane and in the Hightechbereich. The group specializes primarily in the purchase of abgetakelter armaments companies, supplies it with new jobs and sells it to gain bringing. Into the concept the newest US draw fits to encourage NATO partners rigging - best with US weapons. Only America could lead a modern war at present, says US strategists. NATO threatens to break apart, if the members do not modernize their military, reprimanded recently a Leitartikler in the " New York Times ". The Bosse of the arms ruestungsschmieden heard that of Carlyle gladly. The US public knows few about the entwinements. Carlyle is in private hands and must the books therefore not open. Briefly for attention only the message, the family of Osama ensured is loading belongs to the investors, but meanwhile it repelled its proportion. On the Website becomes only after aufwaendigem Durchklicken evident the influential advisor beraterstab. James Baker as a co-ordinator of all lobbyists is directly specified. During the Wahlgeplaenkels in Florida Baker, whose proportion of Carlyle on 180 becomes million dollar estimated, worked as chief negotiator and a speaker of the republicans. With that ulterior motives that Bush in the white house would strengthen the Carlyle influence. All that is not forbidden. Ex cabinet members may take over one year after office withdrawal again lobby mandates. " doing of Carlyle is not illegal ", writes the economist Paul Krugman, " however it stinks to the sky. " |
