Corporate America has always used war to steal as much as they could. "Unless Congress closes a gaping hole in the law against war profiteering, companies ripping off taxpayers in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars may never be fully prosecuted. This is because the latest conflicts are not declared wars." Read on.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/opinion/03thu3.html?_r=1&oref=slogin