Wikileaks releases Dow Chemical memos, Exposes government Corruption all around the World
This is Farah Kahn speaking out against the Military Industrial Complex in this video and not just one dirty chemical company, please let me show you what I mean.
Wikileaks has put forward many documents, some classified at the time, leaked from the Dow Chemical Co. that clearly put forward a pattern of behavior by them of using the power of their wealth to influence governments. Just look at this cable about their interests in Brazil. https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1978BRASIL08369_d.html
That is just one small example of them deflecting and flexing their muscles with the mention of investments. The subtle threat of pulling all their money out of a fledgling economy could have tremendous negative effects on the people living there and they know it.
Why do I claim they are a part of the Military Industrial Complex? Here is a confidential cable the explains their partnership with Saudi Arabia and the quid pro quos that go on behind the scenes when choosing their allies in the unseen aspects of the wars going on all around us every day. Even though in the document they paint a rosy picture of how they are helping to fight monopolies in East Asian energy markets, it is clear that they are empowering regimes in the Middle East against those in China and Japan.
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09DHAHRAN228_a.html
When it comes to that many billions of dollars, which really does amount to many small countries GDP combined, how can we say it doesn't effect geopolitics? How much power do you have when it comes to investing 25 billion or more into a particular nation or their neighbor?
Saudi Arabia isn't going to take the money they make with Dow and spend it on bubble gum, they know how upset the energy and chemical companies that are being shut down in East Asian are. They spend that money on missiles and soldiers to protect their assets and way of life. I would like to say Dow does help in chemical weapons but I have yet to see the proof, its hard to imagine their research not crossing over just by accident but alas. let's keep digging ;)
There is no doubt that local producers will be pressing their governments to help them sell their product against foreign products and trade wars inevitably ensue. When one side loses the trade war often enough a hot war will break out and then the missiles come in to play. this is the cycle folks.
Ultimately this is the Military Industrial Complex and it can be summed up with three words, Problem, Reaction, Solution. It keeps this wheel spinning and us from truly having peace.
I hope this article showed you how big companies like Dow buy small government so they can make dirty products and get away with polluting as well as their ability to bully entire nations with their wealth and power. More importantly though, I wanted to show everyone the need for Wikileaks and the work that Julian Assange has done to expose corruption despite party affiliation or geographical location. There is a man suffering for this type of work and we all need to spread the message of what is really going on in that embassy/prison.
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Source for information and videohttps://www.wikileaks.org/
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I am not sure what is so malicious in the Brazilian cable about Dow trying to do some political damage control by publishing an ad in the paper defending themselves from some charges of impropriety made by a politician during a campaign. DowDupont chemical is one of the worlds largest chemical companies, they have been supplying the military with chemicals for over 100 years, they supply chemicals and the military demands them from time to time, what are they doing wrong?
Dow Chemical has produced both chemical and nuclear weapons in the past, so what?
I read the Saudi document as well, seems like another nothing burger, dow wants to make money, their job is not to care about China, they are doing that joint venture with the Saudis because the Saudis have the cheap feedstock they need, the Chinese don't have that.
You guys already know quite a bit about what I am trying to get across but trust me there are still plenty of people that need to understand that with the amount of money Dow has they can act like independent states and buy entire governments like they did in Brazil.
Saudi Arabia pushes their interests in places like the far east and that is not illegal, my point is that this is how wars can start and big corporations taking sides with one government over another is a piece of why the world is a such a dangerous place.
When these guys so a place where there are no regulations and buy a government to ensure there will be no rules, then nasty accidents in places like India happen more often.
I am not accusing them of a crime, I'm trying to prove they are above the law entirely.
If the Chinese present a profitable joint venture I have no doubt that Dow would work with them, in fact:
https://campuschina.dow.com/en-us/about-dow/dow-greater-china
Smart profiteers supply both sides. International corporations have extraordinary influence, that's for sure.
Are you referring to the Bhopal incident? In fact Union Carbide, now part of DowDupont, was found legally responsible and forced to pay hundreds in millions in damages in addition to the hundreds of millions they had already provided in relief and ongoing support to survivors. Dow maintains it was caused by sabotage.
http://taggedwiki.zubiaga.org/new_content/075e1e9dbf4722f3c6b1fe8537d8e592#Compensation_from_Union_Carbide
If you don't see what they do as a problem that is fine, I really do have issue with these kinds of companies acting as nation states of their own and doing what they want where ever they want because I don't trust them or any other big and powerful entity on Earth ;).
As far as the Bhopal incident is concerned, they were told to pay millions in damages but as the video shows they didn't, many are still suffering. They never take responsibility for what happens and that was what some of those links were supposed to show.
I would like it if they were forced to pay up but since no one will make them I suppose we shouldn't hold our breath. Besides I wouldn't put a price tag on my children's vision, ability to breath and brain health, personally I don't know what all my hopes and dreams are worth.
They have paid hundreds of millions in damages. If you are an Indian injured in 1985 then your injuries, in addition to getting treatment for them, would be worth hundreds of US dollars which is a lot in rupees. Click my link it details both the voluntary actions of UCC and the settlements
But yes that's the point of my video. They say it's all good and reparations have been paid but when you ask the people that were effected they say different. Maybe this article was more important than I believed initially, seems more people are willing to believe proven liars for ideological reasons than I thought ;).
Next you'll be telling me Hillary is an innocent angel I bet lol
Why would you believe the Indians who are trying to pad their settlements? What do you think whoever made your documentary thinks about Trump?
Do you expect them to praise UCC, a company that no longer exists?
Would that make a good hit piece documentary?
I tried man, perhaps I am too anti-authoritarian for my own good but it's not something I'm going to give up any time soon. It's all about protecting the weak from the strong to me, you do the same thing I'm sure but in very different ways.
As eager as I am for damning evidence of corruption involving megacorporations and the MIC/enemedia, I have to agree there seems to be none here. It is not a secret that Dow does business, sells chemicals and technology, and the biggest customers are the MIC.
I have little doubt that such evidence exists. It's just not evident here, AFAICT.
yeah, not exactly Mugatu assassinating the prime minister of Malaysia.