Episode 2 of The Truth About Dick Cheney is called The War Profit Pipeline, and it digs into the part of Cheney’s story most people never learned. Before the Iraq War, before 9/11, Cheney spent years helping shape an ideology that believed American power should be used to reorder the world. This chapter looks at the rise of the neoconservative movement, the Project for a New American Century, and the blueprint they drafted for a more aggressive, preemptive foreign policy.

We walk through how Cheney placed himself inside that world, how he pulled its key figures into the Bush administration, and how their shared vision depended on giving the executive branch near-total control over war. You’ll see how the doctrine came together long before the public ever heard the arguments for invading Iraq.

We also follow Cheney into Halliburton, where he ran one of the most powerful military contractors on earth. Billions in no-bid contracts. Global operations tied directly to U.S. deployments. A business model built around conflict. When he returned to Washington as vice president, the company he had led stood ready to profit from the wars he helped push. That overlap is not a footnote. It’s central to the story this episode tells.

The War Profit Pipeline explains how ideology, influence, and industry merged in one man, then reshaped American foreign policy for a generation. If you want to understand how America ended up in two decades of war, this is the chapter you can’t skip.

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New episodes drop every Monday and Thursday. After this six-part deep dive, we continue weekly with episodes on war powers, foreign policy, National Guard deployments, state legislation, veteran issues, and the fight to bring military decisions back under constitutional control.

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Welcome to The Truth About Dick Cheney.
Here’s Part 2: The War Profit Pipeline.